Novel polynucleotides encoding useful polypeptides in corynebacterium glutamicum SSP. lactofermentum

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides novel polypeptides and polynucleotides useful as biotechnological tools, specifically identified in a coryneform bacterium  Corynebacterium glutamicum  ssp.  lactofermentum  and methods of producing substances in organisms having enhanced or attenuated expression of these polypeptides and/or polynucleotides.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to novel polynucleotides encoding proteins useful as biotechnological tools and for production of substances, specifically identified in a coryneform bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum and fragments thereof, polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides and fragments thereof, polynucleotide arrays comprising the polynucleotides and fragments thereof.

[0003] 2. Discussion of the Background

[0004] In the field of biotechnology, there needs many tools, for example, DNA ligase, DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase, modification and restriction enzymes, and so on. In this field, variation of genes or enzymes is important for extension of applicable objects. Furthermore, modification and improvement of organisms are important for industrial production of useful substances, such as amino acids, nucleic acids, organic acids, sugars, and enzymes, (Faurie, R. and Thommel, J. Microbial Production of L-Amino Acids, Springer Verlag, 2002; Harris, T.

[0005] J. R., Protein Production by Biotechnology (Elsevier Applied Biotechnology Series), Aspen Publishers, 1990). For aforementioned purpose, genetic engineering is one of the useful method and many genes have been known to be effective. Modification and restriction endonucleases, chaperone proteins, enzymes that caytalyze important reactions, and transporters of important substances are useful for organisms improvement of substance production.

[0006] For example, amino acids such as L-lysine, L-glutamic acid, L-threonine, L-leucine, L-isoleucine, L-valine and L-phenylalanine are industrially produced by fermentation by using microorganisms that belong to the genus Colynebacterium, Brevibacterium, Bacillus, Escherichia, Streptomyces, Pseudomonas, Arthrobacter, Serratia, Penicillium, Candida or the like. In order to improve the productivity of amino acids, strains of the aforementioned microorganisms that have been isolated from nature or artificial mutants thereof have been used. Various examples of modification of genes, such as amplification, deletion, and point mutation by using recombinant DNA techniques to increase the L-amino acid-producing ability have been disclosed (Faurie, R. and Thommel, J., Microbial Production of L-Amino Acids, Springer Verlag, 2002).

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0007] An object of the present invention is to provide novel tools or measures in the biotechnology filed. In addition to usage of genes itself, modification of genes, such as amplification, deletion, and point mutation by using recombinant DNA techniques provides an efficient method to improve the process of substance production. Such a process includes orgamisms or cells, which express a protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO: 16, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:20, and SEQ ID NO:22.

[0008] In one embodiment the polypeptides are encoded by a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:19, and SEQ ID NO:21. In another embodiment the polypeptides are encoded by other polynucleotides which have substantial identity to the herein described polynucleotides or those which hybridize under stringent conditions.

[0009] Another object of the invention is to provide polynucleotide sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:19, and SEQ ID NO:21; as well as those polynucleotides that have substantial identity to these nucleotide sequences, preferably at least 95% identity.

[0010] Another object of the invention is to provide isolated polypeptides having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:20, and SEQ ID NO:22; as well as those polypeptides that have substantial identity to these amino acid sequences, preferably at least 95% identity.

[0011] A further object of the invention is a method for producing a protein or proteins by culturing host cells containing the herein described polynucleotides under conditions and for a time suitable for expression of the protein and collecting the protein produced thereby.

[0012] Another object is the use of host cells having the polynucleotides described herein to produce amino acids, as well as the use of such isolated polypeptides in the production of amino acids.

[0013] Other objects of the invention include methods of detecting nucleic acid sequences homologous to at least one of: SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO: 19, and SEQ ID NO:21, particularly nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides that herein described proteins or polypeptides and methods of making nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides.

[0014] The above objects highlight certain aspects of the invention. Additional objects, aspects and embodiments of the invention are found in the following detailed description of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0015] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art of molecular biology. Although methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention, suitable methods and materials are described herein. All publications, patent applications, patents, and other references mentioned herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety. In addition, the materials, methods, and examples are illustrative only and are not intended to be limiting.

[0016] Reference is made to standard textbooks of molecular biology that contain definitions and methods and means for carrying out basic techniques, encompassed by the present invention. See, for example, Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Third Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York (2001), Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Ausebel et al (eds.), John Wiley & Sons, New York (2001) and the various references cited therein.

[0017]Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum is a coryneform bacterium having L-glutamic acid producing ability. The coryneform bacteria include the group of microorganisms defined in Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th edition, p.599 (1974), which are aerobic Gram-positive rods having no acid resistance and no spore-forming ability aerobic and which can be used for the large-scale production of a variety of fine chemicals including amino acids, nucleic acids, and so on. Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum has hitherto been classified into the genus Brevibacterium as Brevibacterium lactofermentum, but united into the genus Corynebacterium at present (Liebl, W. et. al., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 41:255, 1991).

[0018] The polynucleotides of this invention can be used for tools for biotechnology and also can be used to improve microorganisms, which are used to produce useful substances, for example, by fermentative processes. Modulation of the expression of the polynucleotides encoding useful activities of the present invention can be used to modulate the production of one or more substances from an organism.

[0019] Restriction endonucleases are indispensable for recombinant DNA technology and the diversity of specificity for recognition sequences is important for their usefulness as a tool. Restriction-modification systems are classified into three main types, according to their subunit composition, cofactor requirements and some other features. All Restriction-modification systems comprise a pair of enzymatic activities—a DNA-methyltransferase and a restriction endonuclease, both recognizing the same short (4-8 bp) nucleotide sequence. Restriction endonucleases catalyze double-stranded cleavage of DNA, while the function of methylases is to protect genomic DNA from cleavage by cognate specific endonucleases (Bickele, T. and Kruger, D. H., Microbiol. Rev. 57:434-450, 1993). In recent days the usefulness of restriction-modification system for genome rearrangement has been reported (Handa, N., Nakayama, Y., Sadykov, M., and Kobayashi, I., Mol. Microbiol. 40:932-40, 2001; Kobayashi, I., Nucleic Acids Res. 29:3742-3756, 2001). The restriction-modification system is classified into three types, namely, type I, II, and III. The type I system consists of three subunits, HsdM (DNA methylase), HsdS (specificity protein), and HsdR (endonuclease) and function as complex of three subunits. The type III system contain two subunits, one of which, Mod can function alone as a modification methylase. The second subunit Res has no enzymatic activity when it is not complexed with Mod.

[0020] Molecular chaperones are substances that associate and stabilize proteins at intermediate stages of folding, assembly, movement across membranes, and degradation. It is widely recognized that co-expression molecular chaperones can assist recombinant protein folding expressed in Escherichia coli and that in at least some cases this leads to increased production of active proteins (Nishihara, K., Kanemori, M., Kitagawa, M., Yanagi, H., Yura, T. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:1694-1699, 1998). The most abundant and physiologically important chaperones include DnaK, DnaJ, GrpE, GroEL, and GroES. The DnaK is a member of the highly conserved and ubiquitous stress-70 protein family, also known as the hsp70 family for heat shock protein-70, which bind to and stabilize unfolded conformations of short regions of peptide chains (Gross, C. A., Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium Cellular and Molecular Biology (Neidhardt, F. C., Ingraham, J. L., Low, K. B., Magasanik, B., and Umbarger, H. E., eds.) pp. 1382-1399, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.).

[0021] Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) catalyses the conversion from 2-oxoglutarate and NAD(P)H to L-glutamate and NAD(P). L-Glutamate is an important metabolite, one of the primary ammonia assimilation products, a donor of amino groups in amino acid and purine biosynthesis, and a precursor of the L-glutamate family of amino acids. The Corynebacterium glutamicum gdh gene encoding NADP-dependent GDH has been isolated and analyzed (Bormann, E. R. et. al., Mol. Microbiol., 6:317-26, 1992), which is one of important enzyme for glutamate family amino acid production.

[0022] Proline and betaine (glycine-betaine) are major osmoprotectants in many organisms. The accumulation of osmoprotectants is an important process for the adaptation to damaging environmental conditions. The increase of osmoprotectants is achieved either by altering metabolism or by transport (Csonka, L. N., Microbiol. Rev. 53:121-147, 1989). The secondary transporter ProP mediates the uptake of compatible solutes and contribute to the osmotolerance (Peter, H. et. al. J. Bacteriol., 180:6005-12, 1998; Culham, D. E. et. al., Microbiology, 147:1657-70, 2001). In Corynebacterium glutamicum, four secondary carriers for compatible solutes have been identified, the high-affinity glycine betaine uptake system BetP (Peter, H. et. al. J. Biol. Chem. 273:2567-2574, 1998), the specific proline uptake system PutP (Peter, H. et. al., Arch. Microbiol. 168:143-51, 1997), the ectoine/proline/glycine uptake system EctP, and the proline/ectoine uptake system ProP (Peter, H. et. al., J. Bacteriol., 180:6005-12, 1998).

[0023] “Substantial identity” as used herein refers to polynucleotides and polypeptides which are at least 70%, preferably at least 80% and more preferably at least 90% to 95% identical to the polynucleotides and polypeptides, respectively, according to the present invention.

[0024] “Polynucleotide” as used herein relates to polyribonucleotides and polydeoxyribonucleotides, it being possible for these to be non-modified RNA or DNA or modified RNA or DNA.

[0025] “Polypeptides” as used herein are understood to mean peptides or proteins which comprise two or more amino acids bonded via peptide bonds. In particular, the term refers to polypeptides which are at least 70%, preferably at least 80% and more preferably at least 90% to 95% identical to the polypeptides according to the present invention. Included within the scope of the present invention are polypeptide fragments of the polypeptides having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:20, and SEQ ID NO:22 or those which are identical to those described herein.

[0026] “Polynucleotides which encode the polypeptide” of the invention as used herein is understood to mean the sequences exemplified in this application as well as those sequences which have substantial identity to the nucleic acid sequences at least one of: SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:19, and SEQ ID NO:21, and which encode a molecule having one or more of the bioactivities of the associated gene products. Preferably, such polynucleotides are those which are at least 70%, preferably at least 80% and more preferably at least 90% to 95% identical to the nucleic acid sequences at least one of: SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:19, and SEQ ID NO:21.

[0027] Polynucleotides according to the invention may be employed as probes to isolate and/or identify RNA, cDNA and DNA molecules, e.g., full-length genes or polynucleotides which code for the polypeptides described herein. Likewise, the probes can be employed to isolate nucleic acids, polynucleotides or genes which have a high sequence similarity or identity with the polynucleotides of the invention.

[0028] Polynucleotides of the invention may also be used to design primers useful for the polymerase chain reaction to amplify, identify and/or isolate full-length DNA, RNA or other polynucleotides with high sequence homology or identity to the polynucleotides of the invention, as well as, polynucleotides that encode the polypeptides of the invention. Preferably, probes or primers are at least 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 or 30 nucleotides in length. Oligonucleotides with a length of at least 35, 40, 45, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 or 300 nucleotides may also be used.

[0029] Methods of DNA sequencing are described inter alia by Sanger et al. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 74:5463-5467, 1977).

[0030] A person skilled in the art will find instructions for amplification of DNA sequences with the aid of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) inter alia in the handbook by Gait:

[0031] Oligonucleotide Synthesis: A Practical Approach (IRL Press, Oxford, UK, 1984) and in Newton and Graham: PCR 2^(nd) Edition (Springer Verlag, New York, 1997).

[0032] Additionally, methods employing DNA chips, microarrays or similar recombinant DNA technology that enables high throughput screening of DNA and polynucleotides that encode the herein described proteins or polynucleotides with high sequence homology or identity to the polynucleotides described herein. Such methods are known in the art and are described, for example, in Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Ausebel et al (eds), John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York (2000).

[0033] The polynucleotides and polypeptides of the present invention are proteins useful as biotechnological tools and for production of substances, specifically identified in Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum. By way of example, the present inventors provide the following cited references (each of which are incorporated herein by reference) demonstrating that assays to assess the enzymatic activity of the polypeptides of the present invention are known and, as such, determination of whether a sequence falls within the scope of the present claims may be readily ascertained. These polynucleotides and polypeptides include:

[0034] 1. Type I restriction modification system, M subunit comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 and is encoded by the hsdM1 gene which comprises the polynucleotide SEQ ID NO:1 (Gubler, M. et. al., EMBO J. 11:233-240, 1992);

[0035] 2. Type I restriction modification system, S subunit comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4 and is encoded by the hsdS1 gene which comprises the polynucleotide SEQ ID NO:3 (Gubler, M. et. al., EMBO J. 11:233-240,1992);

[0036] 3. Type I restriction modification system R subunit comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:6 and is encoded by the hsdR1 gene which comprises the polynucleotide SEQ ID NO:5 (Gubler, M. et. al., EMBO J. 11:233-240, 1992)

[0037] 4. Type I restriction-modification system, M subunit comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:8 and is encoded by the hsdM2 gene which comprises the polynucleotide SEQ ID NO:7 (Gubler, M. et. al., EMBO J. 11:233-240, 1992);

[0038] 5. Type I restriction-modification system, S subunit comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:10 and is encoded by the hsdS2 gene which comprises the polynucleotide SEQ ID NO:9 (Gubler, M. et. al., EMBO J. 11:233-240, 1992);

[0039] 6. Type I restriction modification system R comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:12 and is encoded by the hsdR2 gene which comprises the polynucleotide SEQ ID NO:11 (Gubler, M. et. al., EMBO J. 11:233-240, 1992);

[0040] 7. Type III restriction-modification system methyltransferase comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:14 and is encoded by the mod gene which comprises the polynucleotide SEQ ID NO:13 (Backer, 0. D. and Colson, C., Gene, 97:103-107, 1991);

[0041] 8. Type III restriction modification system R protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:16 and is encoded by the res gene which comprises the polynucleotide SEQ ID NO:15 (Backer, 0. D. and Colson, C., Gene, 97:103-107, 1991);

[0042] 9. Chaperone protein DnaK2 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:18 and is encoded by a dnaK2 gene comprising SEQ ID NO:17 (Zylicz, M. and Georgopoulos, C., J. Biol. Chem. 259:8820-8825, 1984);

[0043] 10. Glutamate dehydrogenase Gdh2 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:20 and is encoded by a gdh2 gene comprising SEQ ID NO:19 (Bormann, E. R. et. al., Mol. Microbiol., 6:317-326, 1992; Consalvi, V. et. al. Eur. J. Biochem. 196:459-467);

[0044] 11. Proline betaine uptake system ProP2 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:22 and is encoded by a proP2 gene comprising SEQ ID NO:21 (Peter, H. et. al., J. Bacteriol., 180:6005-12, 1998);

[0045] The terms “stringent conditions” or “stringent hybridization conditions” includes reference to conditions under which a polynucleotide will hybridize to its target sequence, to a detectably greater degree than other sequences (e.g., at least 2-fold over background). Stringent conditions are sequence-dependent and will be different in different circumstances.

[0046] By controlling the stringency of the hybridization and/or washing conditions, target sequences can be identified which are 100% complementary to the probe (homologous probing). Alternatively, stringency conditions can be adjusted to allow some mismatching in sequences so that lower degrees of similarity are detected (heterologous probing).

[0047] Typically, stringent conditions will be those in which the salt concentration is less than approximately 1.5 M Na ion, typically about 0.01 to 1.0 M Na ion (or other salts) at pH 7.0 to 8.3 and the temperature is at least about 30° C. for short probes (e.g., 10 to 50 nucleotides) and at least about 60° C. for long probes (e.g., greater than 50 nucleotides). Stringent conditions also may be achieved with the addition of destabilizing agents such as formamide. Exemplary low stringency conditions include hybridization with a buffer solution of 30 to 35% formamide, 1 M NaCl, 1% SDS (w/v; sodium dodecyl sulphate) at 37° C., and a wash in 1×to 2×SSC (20×SSC=3.0 M NaCl/0.3 M trisodium citrate) at 50 to 55° C. Exemplary moderate stringency conditions include hybridization in 40 to 45% formamide, I M NaCl, 1% SDS at 37° C., and a wash in 0.5×to 1×SSC at 55 to 60° C. Exemplary high stringency conditions include hybridization in 50% formamide, 1 M NaCl, 1% SDS at 37° C., and a wash in 0.1×SSC at 60 to 65° C.

[0048] Specificity is typically the function of post-hybridization washes, the critical factors being the ionic strength and temperature of the final wash solution. For DNA—DNA hybrids, the Tm can be approximated from the equation of Meinkoth and Wahl (Anal. Biochem., 138:267-284, 1984): T_(m)=81.5° C.+16.6 (log M)+0.41 (% GC)-0.61 (% form)-500/L; where M is the molarity of monovalent cations, % GC is the percentage of guanosine and cytosine nucleotides in the DNA, % form is the percentage of formamide in the hybridization solution, and L is the length of the hybrid in base pairs. The Tm is the temperature (under defined ionic strength and pH) at which 50% of a complementary target sequence hybridizes to a perfectly matched probe. Tm is reduced by about 1° C. for each 1% of mismatching; thus, Tm, hybridization and/or wash conditions can be adjusted to hybridize to sequences of the desired identity. For example, if sequences with approximately 90% identity are sought, the Tm can be decreased 10° C.

[0049] Generally, stringent conditions are selected to be about 5° C. lower than the thermal melting point (Tm) for the specific sequence and its complement at a defined ionic strength and pH. However, severely stringent conditions can utilize hybridization and/or wash at 1, 2, 3, or 4° C. lower than the thermal melting point (Tm); moderately stringent conditions can utilize a hybridization and/or wash at 6, 7, 8, 9, or 110° C. lower than the thermal melting point (Tm); low stringency conditions can utilize a hybridization and/or wash at 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, or 20° C. lower than the thermal melting point (Tm). Using the equation, hybridization and wash compositions, and desired Tm, those of ordinary skill will understand that variations in the stringency of hybridization and/or wash solutions are inherently described. If the desired degree of mismatching results in a Tm of less than 45° C. (aqueous solution) or 32° C. (formamide solution), it is preferred to increase the SSC concentration so that a higher temperature can be used. An extensive guide to the hybridization of nucleic acids is found in Tijssen, Laboratory Techniques in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology—Hybridization with Nucleic Acid Probes, Part I, Chapter 2 “Overview of principles of hybridization and the strategy of nucleic acid probe assays”, Elsevier, New York (1993); and Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Chapter 2, Ausubel, et al., Eds., Greene Publishing and Wiley-Interscience, New York (1995).

[0050] Stringent hybridization conditions are understood to mean those conditions where hybridization, either in solution or on a solid support, occur between two polynucleotide molecules which are 70% to 100% homologous in nucleotide sequence which include 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% and all values and subranges therebetween.

[0051] Homology, sequence similarity or sequence identity of nucleotide or amino acid sequences may be determined conventionally by using known software or computer programs.

[0052] To find the best segment of identity or similarity of sequences, BLAST (Altschul et. al., J.

[0053] Mol. Biol. 215:403-410, 1990 and Lipman et. al., J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-410, 1990), FASTA (Lipman et. al., Science, 227:1435-1441, 1985), or Smith and Waterman (Smith and Waterman, J. Mol. Biol., 147:195-197, 1981) homology search programs can be used. To perform global alignments, sequence alignment programs such as the CLUSTAL W (Thompson et. al., Nucleic Acids Research 22:4673-4680, 1994) can be used.

[0054] The present invention also provides processes for preparing substance-producing organisms that comprise at least one polynucleotide whose expression is enhanced or attenuated. Likewise, the invention also provides processes for preparing substance-producing organisms that comprise at least on polypeptide whose activity is enhanced or attenuated. Preferably, an organism with enhanced or attenuated expression of one or more of the polypeptides and/or polynucleotides described herein will improve amino acid yield at least 1% compared to a bacterial strain not having the enhanced or attenuated expression. For the production of substances the polynucleotides described herein may be used to target expression, either by disruption to turn off or increase or enhance the expression or relative activity of the polypeptide enzymes encoded therein.

[0055] The term “enhancement” as used herein means increasing intracellular activity of one or more polypeptides in the producing organism, which in turn are encoded by the corresponding polynucleotides described herein. To facilitate such an increase, the copy number of the genes corresponding to the polynucleotides described herein may be increased. Alternatively, a strong and/or inducible promoter may be used to direct the expression of the polynucleotide, the polynucleotide being expressed either as a transient expression vehicle or homologously or heterologously incorporated into the genome. In another embodiment, the promoter, regulatory region and/or the ribosome binding site upstream of the gene can be altered to achieve the over-expression. The expression may also be enhanced by increasing the relative half-life of the messenger RNA.

[0056] In another embodiment, the enzymatic activity of the polypeptide itself may be increased by employing one or more mutations in the polypeptide amino acid sequence, which increases the activity. For example, altering the relative Km of the polypeptide with its corresponding substrate will result in enhanced activity. Likewise, the relative half-life of the polypeptide may be increased.

[0057] In either scenario, that being enhanced gene expression or enhanced enzymatic activity, the enhancement may be achieved by altering the composition of the cell culture media and/or methods used for culturing.

[0058] “Enhanced expression” or “enhanced activity” as used herein means an increase of at least 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%, 300%, 400% or 500% compared to a wild-type protein, polynucleotide, gene; or the activity and/or the concentration of the protein present before the polynucleotides or polypeptides are enhanced.

[0059] The term “attenuation” as used herein means a reduction or elimination of the intracellular activity of the polypeptides in a cell that are encoded by the corresponding polynucleotide. To facilitate such a reduction or elimination, the copy number of the genes corresponding to the polynucleotides described herein may be decreased or removed. Alternatively, a weak and/or inducible promoter may used to direct the expression of the polynucleotide, the polynucleotide being expressed either as a transient expression vehicle or homologously or heterologously incorporated into the bacterial genome. For example, the endogenous promoter or regulatory region of the gene corresponding to the isolated polynucleotides described herein may be replaced with the aforementioned weak and/or inducible promoter. Alternatively, the promoter or regulatory region may be removed. The expression may also be attenuated by decreasing the relative half-life of the messenger RNA.

[0060] In another embodiment, the enzymatic activity of the polypeptide itself may be decreased or deleted by employing one or more mutations in the polypeptide amino acid sequence, which decreases the activity or removes any detectable activity. For example, altering the relative Kd of the polypeptide with its corresponding substrate will result in attenuated activity. Likewise, a decrease in the relative half-life of the polypeptide will result in attenuated activity.

[0061] By attenuation measures, the activity or concentration of the corresponding protein is in general reduced to 0 to 75%, 0 to 50%, 0 to 25%, 0 to 10% or 0 to 5% of the activity or concentration of the wild-type protein or of the activity or concentration of the protein in the starting microorganism.

[0062] Suitable vectors for carrying Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum polynucleotides include those vectors which can direct expression of the gene in cells as known in the art. One embodiment of the present invention is whereby the vectors contain an inducible or otherwise regulated expression system whereby the C. glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum polynucleotides may be expressed under certain conditions and not expressed under other conditions. Furthermore, in another embodiment of the invention, the C. glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum polynucleotides can be constitutively expressed. Examples of such vectors and suitable cells in which they can be introduced are described in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 3rd Ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (2001) and Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Ausebel et al, (Eds.), John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2000. Methods of introducing C. glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum polynucleotides or vectors containing the C. glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum polynucleotides include electroporation, conjugation, calcium-mediated transfection, infection with bacteriophage and other methods known in the art. These and other methods are described in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 3rd Ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (2001) and Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Ausebel et al, (Eds.), John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York (2000).

[0063] The microorganisms that can be used in the present invention preferably have the ability to produce amino acids, preferably L-amino acids, from a suitable carbon source, preferably carbon sources such as methanol, glucose, sucrose, lactose, fructose, maltose, molasses, starch, cellulose glycerol or ethanol. The microorganisms can be Corynebacterium bacteria, preferably Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum.

[0064] Suitable culture conditions for the growth and/or production of C. glutamicum polynucleotides are dependent on the cell type used. Likewise, culturing cells that contain attenuated or enhanced expression of the C. glutamicums polynucleotides or polypeptides, as described herein, may be cultured in accordance with methods known in the art. Examples of culture conditions for various cells is described in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 3rd Ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (2001); Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Ausebel et al, (Eds.), John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2000; and Cells: A Laboratory Manual (Vols. 1-3), Spector et al, (Eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., (1988).

[0065] Following culturing the polypeptide or protein products, which are encoded by the C. glutamicuin polynucleotides, may be purified using known methods of protein purification. These methods include high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ion-exchange chromatography, size exclusion chromatography; affinity separations using materials such as beads with exposed heparin, metals, or lipids; or other approaches known to those skilled in the art. These and other methods of protein purification are disclosed in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 3rd Ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (2001); Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Ausebel et al, eds., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2000 and Protein Purification, Scopes and Cantor, (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, (1994). Likewise, the amino acids produced may be purified by methods known in the art using similar chromatography devices.

[0066] The invention also provides antibodies that bind to the polypeptides of the present invention. Antibodies binding to the polypeptides can be either monoclonal or polyclonal, preferably the antibodies are monoclonal. Methods for obtaining antibodies that bind to the polypeptides are known in the art and are described, for example, in Harlow and Lane, Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1988).

[0067] Having generally described this invention, a further understanding can be obtained by reference to certain specific examples which are provided herein for purposes of illustration only, and are not intended to be limiting unless otherwise specified.

EXAMPLES

[0068] General DNA manipulation was performed according to previously described methods (Sambrook et. al. (1989) “Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual/Second Edition”, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press). Whole genome sequencing was performed using random shotgun method as described by Fleischman R. D. et. al. (Science, 269:496-512, 1995).

Example 1

[0069] Construction of genomic libraries of C. glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum Genomic DNA of a wild type strain C. glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum ATCC 13869 was isolated as described in (Y. Usuda et. al., Microbiology, 142:3347-3354, 1996). The genomic DNA was sheared and fragmentized by sonication. The resultant fragments in the 1- to 2-kilo base pairs (kbp) size range were purified by gel electrophoresis through 1% agarose gel, followed by recovery using the QIAquick Gel Extraction kit (Qiagen K. K., Tokyo, Japan). The recovered fragments were blunted, phosphorylated, and ligated to the high-copy number vector pUC 118 treated with HincII and bacterial alkaline phosphatase (Takara Shuzo, Kyoto, Japan), using Blunting Kination Ligation Kit (Takara Shuzo). This was designated pUC 118 library.

[0070] To get larger fragments, the genomic DNA was digested with varying amounts of Sau3AI. One fraction containing the greatest mass of 30-40 kbp range was selected by analyzing an aliquot of each fraction on 0.8% agarose gel electrophoresis. Another aliquot of the fraction was dephosphorylated with calf intestine alkaline phosphatase (New England Biolabs, MA, USA) and ligated into the BamHI site of cosmid vector SuperCos I (Stratagene, CA, USA) and followed by packging in X phage. This library composed of 30-40 kbp range fragments was designated the cosmid library.

Example 2 DNA Sequencing and Sequence Assembly

[0071] The pUC118 library were introduced into Escherichia coli strain DH5α and plated on Luria-Bertani medium containing 100 μg/ml ampicillin and 40 μg/ml 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-α-D-galactoside (X-Gal). The white colonies were picked up and cultured in Luria-Bertani (LB) medium containing 100 μg/ml ampicillin. The individual colony was cultured in the well of the 96 deep-well plates, and the plasmids were isolated using QIAprep Turbo Kit (Qiagen). The DNA fragments inserted into pUC118 were sequenced using a M13 reverse primer. The shotgun sequencing was performed with the BigDye terminators and 3700 DNA analyzer (Applied Biosystems Japan, Tokyo, Japan). Approximately 55,000 samples from pUC118 library corresponding to coverage of over 8-fold to the genome size were analyzed and the sequences were assembled by Phred/Phrap software (CodonCode, MA, USA). From the assemble results, the clones which assumed to link the contigs were picked up and sequenced by M13 forward primer, M3. The re-assembly by Phrad/Phrap with Repeat Masker program that exclude the repeat sequences yielded 52 contigs over 5 kb in length.

[0072] As for cosmid library, the packaged particles were introduced into E. coli strain XL1-Blue MR and selected on LB plates containing 25 μg/ml kanamycin. Approximately 900 clones corresponding to coverage of over 10-fold were sequenced using both T3 and T7 universal primers. Based on the both end-sequence data from the cosmid library and 52 contig sequences from the plasmid library, direct linkage between contigs were estimated by using CAT (Clustering and Alignment Tools) software (Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) and linking cosmid clones were selected from the library. To fill gap region between contigs, sequences of inserted fragments of the selected clones were determined by using primer-walking method. The further remaining gap regions between contigs, C. glulamicum ssp. lactofermentum genomic DNA were amplified by PCR using primers designed by the end-sequences of contigs, and the amplified products were sequenced directly by primer walking. The repeat sequences confirmed by resequening of PCR fragments amplified from appropriate cosmid clones. Several regions were determined by sequencing in only one direction because of postulated secondary structures or high GC contents.

[0073] By this research, the genome of C. glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum was found to be a single circular form with the size of 3,272,733 bases and GC content of 54.2%.

Example 3 Sequence Analysis and Annotation

[0074] Genome sequence analysis was managed by using the Genome Gambler software (Sakiyama, T. et. al., Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 64: 670-673, 2000). The prediction of the protein-coding regions was performed by Glimmer 2.0 program (Delcher A. L. et al., Nucleic Acids Res., 27:4636-4641, 1999), using a default condition with the sequence, 5′-AAAGAGG-3′, as the Shine-Dalgarno sequence (Amador, E. et. al., Microbiology, 145:915-924, 1999). The 3,545 open reading frames (ORFs) were extracted as putative protein-coding genes. The genome sequence of C. glutamicum wild type strain in DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank (BA000036) was used as a reference. To determine the strain-specific genes, following successive homology searches at nucleotide level were executed. (1) The homology search using the BLASTN program (Altschul et. al., J. Mol. Biol., 215:403-410, 1990) with nucleotide sequences of ORF of each strain as queries against all ORF sequences was performed. From the search results, the ORFs from genomes of two strains with less than 100 alignment length and with the score less than 100 were selected as candidates for the next steps. (2) The homology search using the BLASTN program with candidate ORF sequences as queries against a whole genome sequence of the other strain. From homology search results, the ORFs with less than 100 alignment length and with the score less than 100 were extracted as candidates for the next steps. The ORFs with less than 300 bp in length were excluded from the candidates for the strain-specific ORFs. (3) To confirm that these candidates for strain-specific ORF does not show homology at amino acid sequence level, amino acid sequences were subjected to homology search using FASTA program (Lipman et. al., Science, 227:1435-1441, 1985) against all ORFs of the other strain. The ORFs that did not show homology to any amino acid sequences of the other strain were treated as the strain-specific ORFs. To estimate the function of the strain-specific ORFs, homology search of amino acid sequences were executed using the BLASTP program against non-redundant amino acid sequence database from GenBank.

[0075] As a result of homology search (1), 636 ORF were obtained as candidates for C. glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum strain specific ORFs. By the search (2), 424 ORFs were extracted as candidates of C. glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum strain specific ORFs from 636 ORFs used as query sequences. At this step, the ORFs with less than 300 bp in length were excluded and 220 ORFs were selected as candidates for strain specific ORF in C. glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum. The homology search (3) revealed 12 ORFs showed significant homology with ORFs in C. glutamicum at amino acid sequence level. Finally, 208 ORFs were selected as the Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. lactofermentum strain-specific gene. From the BLAST search results against non-redundant protein sequences, careful assignment of gene function was performed to identify the genes encoding the useful genes in the biotechnology field. The two sets of type I restriction-modification system (hsdM1-hsdS 1-hsdR1 and hsdM2-hsdS2-hsdR2) and one of type III restriction-modification system (mod-res). The second dnaK gene (dnaK2) encoding molecular chaperone protein, the second glutamate dehydrogenase gene (gdh2), and the second proline betaine uptake system gene (proP2) were identified.

[0076] Obviously, numerous modifications and variations on the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein.

1 22 1 1569 DNA Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 1 atgattacag gcactctcaa gtcccaggta gacaaaatct gggacacttt ctggtccggt 60 ggcatctcca accccatctc cgtgattgaa cagttcacct atctgctgtt catgcgtcag 120 ctcgatgagc gccaggccag caatgatttc cagcgcaccc tcggcgtcga cccctccacc 180 gcggacatct tcgataagga gcaccaacac ctgcgctggc gtaatctcat ggagatttcc 240 gacggagcga agcgccggaa gatcatcgtc gatgaagttt tccctttcct ccgcaccctc 300 ggcggcagcg gcttcgcgca gcatatgagc aacgccagct tcggcatcga aaaccccgcc 360 accctcatca gcgtgatgaa gcaggtcaac gacctgaagt tcgccaacaa ggacattgct 420 ggcgacctct acgagtacat gctgtccaag ctcaccacct caggcaccaa cgggcagttc 480 cgcaccccga gccacatcat cgacctcatg gtcgaactca tgcgcccgtc ccccacccaa 540 cgggtcatcg acccggcctc cggcaccgcc ggtttcctcg tggcggcttc cgaatggact 600 cgccgccatc acgcggagga gcttctcgac gcccgcctgc gccagcgcta caacgagtcc 660 ggtctgaccg gcttcgactt cgactccacg atggtgcgca tcgccgcgat gaacatgttc 720 atgcacggct tcgaggaccc gaacatcagc taccgcgatg cactccagca ggtcccccac 780 gaggatcagg aggcctacga catcgtcctg gccaacccac ccttcgccgg cagcatcgac 840 gaatccagca tggacccggc gctgtccaac ctggtcagct cgaagaagac ggaactgctg 900 tttgtcgctc gcttcctcac cctgctcaaa ccaggtggcc gcgccgctgt tattgtcccc 960 gaaggtgtgc tcttcggctc caccaaggca cataagcagc tgcgtaagca cctgctcgat 1020 gagcagcgtc tcgatgccgt gatcaagctt ccctccggtg cgttcaaacc ctattccggt 1080 gtgtccactg caattctgtg cttcacccgc actgaccgcg gcagtaccga ggacgtgtgg 1140 ttctacgagg tcaccgccga tggtttctca ttggatgata agcgcacgcc gcttctcgcc 1200 gctcacctgc tcggtcccac tcctaccgtg cgcccgcgcg actcggagct tgccgatgac 1260 aatcccgatg cagccagcct taccgccgac cagcacgagt tgaataacct gcccgacgtg 1320 ctcacccgtt ggcaggaaca caccggtgcc gagcgcaagc gtgctcgcac tgaacagtcc 1380 ttcaccgtgc ccgctgagga gatccgcgag gccgactatg acctctcgat gaaccggtac 1440 aaggagatcg tcttcggcgc cgaagacacc cgggacccgt tggagatcat tgctgagatc 1500 aaagaattgg acgccgagat tgcggcgggg atgggcaagc tggaagccat gctgcaggag 1560 ggaaagtag 1569 2 522 PRT Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 2 Met Ile Thr Gly Thr Leu Lys Ser Gln Val Asp Lys Ile Trp Asp Thr 1 5 10 15 Phe Trp Ser Gly Gly Ile Ser Asn Pro Ile Ser Val Ile Glu Gln Phe 20 25 30 Thr Tyr Leu Leu Phe Met Arg Gln Leu Asp Glu Arg Gln Ala Ser Asn 35 40 45 Asp Phe Gln Arg Thr Leu Gly Val Asp Pro Ser Thr Ala Asp Ile Phe 50 55 60 Asp Lys Glu His Gln His Leu Arg Trp Arg Asn Leu Met Glu Ile Ser 65 70 75 80 Asp Gly Ala Lys Arg Arg Lys Ile Ile Val Asp Glu Val Phe Pro Phe 85 90 95 Leu Arg Thr Leu Gly Gly Ser Gly Phe Ala Gln His Met Ser Asn Ala 100 105 110 Ser Phe Gly Ile Glu Asn Pro Ala Thr Leu Ile Ser Val Met Lys Gln 115 120 125 Val Asn Asp Leu Lys Phe Ala Asn Lys Asp Ile Ala Gly Asp Leu Tyr 130 135 140 Glu Tyr Met Leu Ser Lys Leu Thr Thr Ser Gly Thr Asn Gly Gln Phe 145 150 155 160 Arg Thr Pro Ser His Ile Ile Asp Leu Met Val Glu Leu Met Arg Pro 165 170 175 Ser Pro Thr Gln Arg Val Ile Asp Pro Ala Ser Gly Thr Ala Gly Phe 180 185 190 Leu Val Ala Ala Ser Glu Trp Thr Arg Arg His His Ala Glu Glu Leu 195 200 205 Leu Asp Ala Arg Leu Arg Gln Arg Tyr Asn Glu Ser Gly Leu Thr Gly 210 215 220 Phe Asp Phe Asp Ser Thr Met Val Arg Ile Ala Ala Met Asn Met Phe 225 230 235 240 Met His Gly Phe Glu Asp Pro Asn Ile Ser Tyr Arg Asp Ala Leu Gln 245 250 255 Gln Val Pro His Glu Asp Gln Glu Ala Tyr Asp Ile Val Leu Ala Asn 260 265 270 Pro Pro Phe Ala Gly Ser Ile Asp Glu Ser Ser Met Asp Pro Ala Leu 275 280 285 Ser Asn Leu Val Ser Ser Lys Lys Thr Glu Leu Leu Phe Val Ala Arg 290 295 300 Phe Leu Thr Leu Leu Lys Pro Gly Gly Arg Ala Ala Val Ile Val Pro 305 310 315 320 Glu Gly Val Leu Phe Gly Ser Thr Lys Ala His Lys Gln Leu Arg Lys 325 330 335 His Leu Leu Asp Glu Gln Arg Leu Asp Ala Val Ile Lys Leu Pro Ser 340 345 350 Gly Ala Phe Lys Pro Tyr Ser Gly Val Ser Thr Ala Ile Leu Cys Phe 355 360 365 Thr Arg Thr Asp Arg Gly Ser Thr Glu Asp Val Trp Phe Tyr Glu Val 370 375 380 Thr Ala Asp Gly Phe Ser Leu Asp Asp Lys Arg Thr Pro Leu Leu Ala 385 390 395 400 Ala His Leu Leu Gly Pro Thr Pro Thr Val Arg Pro Arg Asp Ser Glu 405 410 415 Leu Ala Asp Asp Asn Pro Asp Ala Ala Ser Leu Thr Ala Asp Gln His 420 425 430 Glu Leu Asn Asn Leu Pro Asp Val Leu Thr Arg Trp Gln Glu His Thr 435 440 445 Gly Ala Glu Arg Lys Arg Ala Arg Thr Glu Gln Ser Phe Thr Val Pro 450 455 460 Ala Glu Glu Ile Arg Glu Ala Asp Tyr Asp Leu Ser Met Asn Arg Tyr 465 470 475 480 Lys Glu Ile Val Phe Gly Ala Glu Asp Thr Arg Asp Pro Leu Glu Ile 485 490 495 Ile Ala Glu Ile Lys Glu Leu Asp Ala Glu Ile Ala Ala Gly Met Gly 500 505 510 Lys Leu Glu Ala Met Leu Gln Glu Gly Lys 515 520 3 1173 DNA Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 3 atgagcagtg ttaatgagtg gccgatggtg aagcttgggg atatccaacg caaagtttca 60 tcgatcaatc ccgctaagtc tccagatcaa gaattttctt tatacagcat ccccgcttat 120 gatgcgggcg cccctgagaa agccttaggt agcgcgatta aatcaaacaa gattgagcta 180 cagccaggcg ataccttgtt gtccaagatc gtccctcata tccgccgatc ttggatcgtt 240 gacgaacatg aaacttcctc cattggtagc tcagagtgga ttgtttatca ggatgaccgt 300 ttagattctc gttttctccg taactttttt ctatcagact attttcatgc ccaattcatg 360 caaacagtcg caggagtcgg cggatctttg aatcgcgcgc ggccagctgc tgttgcccaa 420 atatcaattc ctatcccccc acggcctgag cagcagcgca tcgccgaaat ccttgacgtt 480 acccagcaac agttcgatct tttgaaggcc aggaaaacac atctgtcttc tctaagaact 540 gggctcgttg accagtttct cgaggctgat gaccgagaga ctcttcccct gaaggaaatt 600 gcagaaattc agtcgggtat caccaaaggc cgtagagttc gaaatggcga aattttaact 660 gaaactgctt acatggcggt ttccaatgtc aaagatggac accttaatct cgggacagtg 720 aaaaccatcc cggcgacaga agccgagatc acgcgattcc gcctgaaagc tggggatgtc 780 ctgctgaccg aaggtggcga tcccgacaaa cttggcagag gcacggtctg gcgtgatgaa 840 atcgagcctt gtctgcatca aaaccacatt ttccgtgttc gattaccgga agattcccga 900 ttcaccccgg aagtcctcat ggccatgctc tccaccaaac aagctcgcgc ctatttcttc 960 cgttccgcca aacagacaac cggtatcgct tcaatcaata agacccaatt gtccgcagtc 1020 cctgtgccaa tcttgacgga ttccgagatc gccaagctgt cagaggctct cacccagata 1080 gacatactct ctagttacat agaaaaacgt cgtatagcaa ccgaaagcct tcaccgcgcc 1140 ctctctaccc gtgctttcgc aggtcagctt taa 1173 4 390 PRT Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 4 Met Ser Ser Val Asn Glu Trp Pro Met Val Lys Leu Gly Asp Ile Gln 1 5 10 15 Arg Lys Val Ser Ser Ile Asn Pro Ala Lys Ser Pro Asp Gln Glu Phe 20 25 30 Ser Leu Tyr Ser Ile Pro Ala Tyr Asp Ala Gly Ala Pro Glu Lys Ala 35 40 45 Leu Gly Ser Ala Ile Lys Ser Asn Lys Ile Glu Leu Gln Pro Gly Asp 50 55 60 Thr Leu Leu Ser Lys Ile Val Pro His Ile Arg Arg Ser Trp Ile Val 65 70 75 80 Asp Glu His Glu Thr Ser Ser Ile Gly Ser Ser Glu Trp Ile Val Tyr 85 90 95 Gln Asp Asp Arg Leu Asp Ser Arg Phe Leu Arg Asn Phe Phe Leu Ser 100 105 110 Asp Tyr Phe His Ala Gln Phe Met Gln Thr Val Ala Gly Val Gly Gly 115 120 125 Ser Leu Asn Arg Ala Arg Pro Ala Ala Val Ala Gln Ile Ser Ile Pro 130 135 140 Ile Pro Pro Arg Pro Glu Gln Gln Arg Ile Ala Glu Ile Leu Asp Val 145 150 155 160 Thr Gln Gln Gln Phe Asp Leu Leu Lys Ala Arg Lys Thr His Leu Ser 165 170 175 Ser Leu Arg Thr Gly Leu Val Asp Gln Phe Leu Glu Ala Asp Asp Arg 180 185 190 Glu Thr Leu Pro Leu Lys Glu Ile Ala Glu Ile Gln Ser Gly Ile Thr 195 200 205 Lys Gly Arg Arg Val Arg Asn Gly Glu Ile Leu Thr Glu Thr Ala Tyr 210 215 220 Met Ala Val Ser Asn Val Lys Asp Gly His Leu Asn Leu Gly Thr Val 225 230 235 240 Lys Thr Ile Pro Ala Thr Glu Ala Glu Ile Thr Arg Phe Arg Leu Lys 245 250 255 Ala Gly Asp Val Leu Leu Thr Glu Gly Gly Asp Pro Asp Lys Leu Gly 260 265 270 Arg Gly Thr Val Trp Arg Asp Glu Ile Glu Pro Cys Leu His Gln Asn 275 280 285 His Ile Phe Arg Val Arg Leu Pro Glu Asp Ser Arg Phe Thr Pro Glu 290 295 300 Val Leu Met Ala Met Leu Ser Thr Lys Gln Ala Arg Ala Tyr Phe Phe 305 310 315 320 Arg Ser Ala Lys Gln Thr Thr Gly Ile Ala Ser Ile Asn Lys Thr Gln 325 330 335 Leu Ser Ala Val Pro Val Pro Ile Leu Thr Asp Ser Glu Ile Ala Lys 340 345 350 Leu Ser Glu Ala Leu Thr Gln Ile Asp Ile Leu Ser Ser Tyr Ile Glu 355 360 365 Lys Arg Arg Ile Ala Thr Glu Ser Leu His Arg Ala Leu Ser Thr Arg 370 375 380 Ala Phe Ala Gly Gln Leu 385 390 5 3603 DNA Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 5 atgacacaag cgatccccca gaccaacttc ggattcgtgg gacgtgtgtg gccagcgctg 60 ctcaacgact gccgccaagc cgagcgcagc gcgctctcca atccggtggt ctcctgtttc 120 tactctcgcc gtgtcctcga acgcgtcgtc cgccacatct gggaattccg gaagctcggc 180 cccatcggcg atgacagcac gttcggccgt ctcaaagacg atcgcttcat aggtgtctcc 240 accaccctcc aactagacaa aatgcattac attcggctgc gcggcaacga cgccgtccac 300 gagggaaagc agcccatcac accgcagatc gccacaaagg tgatcatgca gcttttcgac 360 gtcctcagct gggccactgc acgacactcc acgcatcccg aagcacaacc cgcggccccg 420 ttcgatccgc agttcctcaa ggcggctccc gcccaaccac ccgtcaaccg agcccaactg 480 aagaaactgg ctgcagacct cgaggccaaa gacgctgaac ttaatgagac tgctctgctt 540 ctcgacgaag ccgagcagga acgcctcgcg caggcagaaa agcacgctga ggagcgtgca 600 ctcttcgccg cccgcagcct cgaaaccgag gagaaacgcg ccgccaccga ggccgaactc 660 attgctgccc aagaagaact caagcgtgtc aacgctgagc gcgacgccga gatcgagcgc 720 cttcgtgcgg agctgcgtga tgagctggcc aagaaggctg gcagcggagt ggccccgact 780 ctcccaccga cgatcagcga agcgcagacc cggcgtgatc tcatcgatcc gatgctcgcc 840 attgccagct tccacctcgg ccagaatgcc accgtcgagt atcccgtcaa gggcatgccg 900 atctcggcag aaagccctca cggcaacggt tttgccgatt acgtgctctg ggacgatgac 960 ggtcagcccc tcgccgtcgt ggaagccaag cgatccagcg ctaacctgtc cgacggagcc 1020 gtccaggccc gcctctacgc cgactgcctc gcagccaagt tcggtcggcg tcccatcatt 1080 ttctgcacca acggacatct cattgagatg accgacgacg ccgccagtct tcccggttct 1140 ggtcgtgggt atcccacccg tcaagtggag ggctacccat ccgcgggaca actccggcag 1200 atgatcaacc gtcgcaccac ccgcctgcca ctggcagatg ccgtggtgga cccgcagatc 1260 gccggccgtg actaccagca ggaaatgatc cggcgtgtca ccgaatcctt cgaacacgac 1320 ctgaatcgtc gcgcgctgct ggtcatggcc actggtaccg gcaagacacg tgtcgctatc 1380 gccacctcca agttgctgcg tgaatccaac tgggtgggca acgtactttt cctcgctgac 1440 cgcacagcac tcgtcgacca ggctcacgac aacttcgtcg accattatcc tgaatcggcg 1500 ccggtgaacc tgctcagcga tccagacggc gtcggcgggg tctacatctc cacgtatcag 1560 acgatgatga gcctgatcaa cgacgacggc gagacgcccg caaagttccg ccctttcgac 1620 ttcgatctca tcatcatcga cgaggcacac cgctcgatct atcaccgctt caagcgcatc 1680 ctcgactact tcgatgccta cgtcctcgga ctgaccgcca ctccgaagtc ggaggttcac 1740 cgcaacactt atcagctctt cgacatcgac gggaagaacc ccaccggttc ctacaccctc 1800 gaacaggccg ttgaagacaa gtacctggtg ccaccccagg tcatcacaca ggactcgctc 1860 ttcctgcgca gcggtgtccg ctacgaggac ctagacgttg acgagcagca gcgctgggat 1920 gaggccgagt ggggcacgga tgaagacggc aacccactgg acccacccga cggcgtctca 1980 gccgccgaga tcaactcgcg gctctacaac cgcgacacca tccgcaaggt gctgaagacg 2040 ctggtcaccg aaggcatcaa ggtcgagggt ggcgaccggt tgggcaagac catcatcttc 2100 gcccgcaccc agaagcacgc cagcctcatt aaggaggagt tcgaccgtca cttcccgctc 2160 tacgccggtg agaacgcctc cgtgatcacc cactccaccc gctacgctgc tgctgagctc 2220 aaacgcttta agaaccccac cagcggcctc aacgtcgcca tcagcgtcga catgcttgat 2280 accggcgtcg acgtccccga agtcgttaac ctcatcttct tcaagcccgt ctactcatcc 2340 acaaagttct ggcagatgat gggacgcggc acccgcctgc gcctgaatct cttcggcgac 2400 ggaatccaca aggacaagtt ccgggtcttt gacttctgcg gcaacgcacg attcttcatg 2460 gagcagcagc ccgaagatcc gggcataggg cgccaggtgt cgctgtcgga gaagcttttc 2520 ctcagccggg cctcgctggt cgcccagctc gatcagcgca acgacgtacc ggcagacctt 2580 cgcatcgaac tggctgctga ccttcacaag tcagtcagcc agattccccc gacgcacatt 2640 caggtccgac ctctggaccg tcctattctc gagtattatc agcaagccga ggcatggaaa 2700 acggtgacgg aggacgacgt cgagaagctc ggcgaccaca tcgccagctt gccgatgaaa 2760 acgatggacg agaaggaatc cgccaagcgc tttgaccttc tcatcctgca actccagctc 2820 gggctactga acgaggacac ttcgtgggcg aagaaccgac agcgagtaga aaaaatcgcc 2880 gacgagctac ttactgtctc tgagaacctc ccatttgtcg ctgcagcctc caagactctg 2940 gaggcactgc tggattccga atggtgggaa ggcgtcacaa ttcccgagct ggaaaaggtc 3000 cgtcgcgaga tccgggatct cgtcgagttt gtgccgcgtc acaaacgcca ggtcgtggtc 3060 ctcgacgtgg aggacgaatt cggtgacatc gccgaggtgg acctacccgt tgagcacgcc 3120 gctgtcgggg tcaacgtcag ccgtgtcgag gaagagctcc gtgcctccct agacgatcat 3180 cgcgattcct tggcgatgca gaagctccgc actgctcgac cgttaactga atctgacgtc 3240 gaggacttgg aaacaatggt cgcggatacc ggcctggagg gggttgacga ggttcgggag 3300 agcctgggcg gcgacactat ccctgcgttc gttcgtcgtc tcgttggtct tgacgaggaa 3360 acaatgcgtg cagagttcgc agacttgctg gaaggctcaa cattgactgc caaccagatc 3420 agtttcatcc gccatgtcat caaggttctc gtgaacaacg gcgggttgac gatgcaggaa 3480 gccttcgacg agtccttcta cccctacggc cgtgtttctg atttgttcca ggacaaccag 3540 gcggtggtgc tcgatcttaa gagtcgccta gaccggatta atgcgaccgc agacgtcagc 3600 tga 3603 6 1200 PRT Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 6 Met Thr Gln Ala Ile Pro Gln Thr Asn Phe Gly Phe Val Gly Arg Val 1 5 10 15 Trp Pro Ala Leu Leu Asn Asp Cys Arg Gln Ala Glu Arg Ser Ala Leu 20 25 30 Ser Asn Pro Val Val Ser Cys Phe Tyr Ser Arg Arg Val Leu Glu Arg 35 40 45 Val Val Arg His Ile Trp Glu Phe Arg Lys Leu Gly Pro Ile Gly Asp 50 55 60 Asp Ser Thr Phe Gly Arg Leu Lys Asp Asp Arg Phe Ile Gly Val Ser 65 70 75 80 Thr Thr Leu Gln Leu Asp Lys Met His Tyr Ile Arg Leu Arg Gly Asn 85 90 95 Asp Ala Val His Glu Gly Lys Gln Pro Ile Thr Pro Gln Ile Ala Thr 100 105 110 Lys Val Ile Met Gln Leu Phe Asp Val Leu Ser Trp Ala Thr Ala Arg 115 120 125 His Ser Thr His Pro Glu Ala Gln Pro Ala Ala Pro Phe Asp Pro Gln 130 135 140 Phe Leu Lys Ala Ala Pro Ala Gln Pro Pro Val Asn Arg Ala Gln Leu 145 150 155 160 Lys Lys Leu Ala Ala Asp Leu Glu Ala Lys Asp Ala Glu Leu Asn Glu 165 170 175 Thr Ala Leu Leu Leu Asp Glu Ala Glu Gln Glu Arg Leu Ala Gln Ala 180 185 190 Glu Lys His Ala Glu Glu Arg Ala Leu Phe Ala Ala Arg Ser Leu Glu 195 200 205 Thr Glu Glu Lys Arg Ala Ala Thr Glu Ala Glu Leu Ile Ala Ala Gln 210 215 220 Glu Glu Leu Lys Arg Val Asn Ala Glu Arg Asp Ala Glu Ile Glu Arg 225 230 235 240 Leu Arg Ala Glu Leu Arg Asp Glu Leu Ala Lys Lys Ala Gly Ser Gly 245 250 255 Val Ala Pro Thr Leu Pro Pro Thr Ile Ser Glu Ala Gln Thr Arg Arg 260 265 270 Asp Leu Ile Asp Pro Met Leu Ala Ile Ala Ser Phe His Leu Gly Gln 275 280 285 Asn Ala Thr Val Glu Tyr Pro Val Lys Gly Met Pro Ile Ser Ala Glu 290 295 300 Ser Pro His Gly Asn Gly Phe Ala Asp Tyr Val Leu Trp Asp Asp Asp 305 310 315 320 Gly Gln Pro Leu Ala Val Val Glu Ala Lys Arg Ser Ser Ala Asn Leu 325 330 335 Ser Asp Gly Ala Val Gln Ala Arg Leu Tyr Ala Asp Cys Leu Ala Ala 340 345 350 Lys Phe Gly Arg Arg Pro Ile Ile Phe Cys Thr Asn Gly His Leu Ile 355 360 365 Glu Met Thr Asp Asp Ala Ala Ser Leu Pro Gly Ser Gly Arg Gly Tyr 370 375 380 Pro Thr Arg Gln Val Glu Gly Tyr Pro Ser Ala Gly Gln Leu Arg Gln 385 390 395 400 Met Ile Asn Arg Arg Thr Thr Arg Leu Pro Leu Ala Asp Ala Val Val 405 410 415 Asp Pro Gln Ile Ala Gly Arg Asp Tyr Gln Gln Glu Met Ile Arg Arg 420 425 430 Val Thr Glu Ser Phe Glu His Asp Leu Asn Arg Arg Ala Leu Leu Val 435 440 445 Met Ala Thr Gly Thr Gly Lys Thr Arg Val Ala Ile Ala Thr Ser Lys 450 455 460 Leu Leu Arg Glu Ser Asn Trp Val Gly Asn Val Leu Phe Leu Ala Asp 465 470 475 480 Arg Thr Ala Leu Val Asp Gln Ala His Asp Asn Phe Val Asp His Tyr 485 490 495 Pro Glu Ser Ala Pro Val Asn Leu Leu Ser Asp Pro Asp Gly Val Gly 500 505 510 Gly Val Tyr Ile Ser Thr Tyr Gln Thr Met Met Ser Leu Ile Asn Asp 515 520 525 Asp Gly Glu Thr Pro Ala Lys Phe Arg Pro Phe Asp Phe Asp Leu Ile 530 535 540 Ile Ile Asp Glu Ala His Arg Ser Ile Tyr His Arg Phe Lys Arg Ile 545 550 555 560 Leu Asp Tyr Phe Asp Ala Tyr Val Leu Gly Leu Thr Ala Thr Pro Lys 565 570 575 Ser Glu Val His Arg Asn Thr Tyr Gln Leu Phe Asp Ile Asp Gly Lys 580 585 590 Asn Pro Thr Gly Ser Tyr Thr Leu Glu Gln Ala Val Glu Asp Lys Tyr 595 600 605 Leu Val Pro Pro Gln Val Ile Thr Gln Asp Ser Leu Phe Leu Arg Ser 610 615 620 Gly Val Arg Tyr Glu Asp Leu Asp Val Asp Glu Gln Gln Arg Trp Asp 625 630 635 640 Glu Ala Glu Trp Gly Thr Asp Glu Asp Gly Asn Pro Leu Asp Pro Pro 645 650 655 Asp Gly Val Ser Ala Ala Glu Ile Asn Ser Arg Leu Tyr Asn Arg Asp 660 665 670 Thr Ile Arg Lys Val Leu Lys Thr Leu Val Thr Glu Gly Ile Lys Val 675 680 685 Glu Gly Gly Asp Arg Leu Gly Lys Thr Ile Ile Phe Ala Arg Thr Gln 690 695 700 Lys His Ala Ser Leu Ile Lys Glu Glu Phe Asp Arg His Phe Pro Leu 705 710 715 720 Tyr Ala Gly Glu Asn Ala Ser Val Ile Thr His Ser Thr Arg Tyr Ala 725 730 735 Ala Ala Glu Leu Lys Arg Phe Lys Asn Pro Thr Ser Gly Leu Asn Val 740 745 750 Ala Ile Ser Val Asp Met Leu Asp Thr Gly Val Asp Val Pro Glu Val 755 760 765 Val Asn Leu Ile Phe Phe Lys Pro Val Tyr Ser Ser Thr Lys Phe Trp 770 775 780 Gln Met Met Gly Arg Gly Thr Arg Leu Arg Leu Asn Leu Phe Gly Asp 785 790 795 800 Gly Ile His Lys Asp Lys Phe Arg Val Phe Asp Phe Cys Gly Asn Ala 805 810 815 Arg Phe Phe Met Glu Gln Gln Pro Glu Asp Pro Gly Ile Gly Arg Gln 820 825 830 Val Ser Leu Ser Glu Lys Leu Phe Leu Ser Arg Ala Ser Leu Val Ala 835 840 845 Gln Leu Asp Gln Arg Asn Asp Val Pro Ala Asp Leu Arg Ile Glu Leu 850 855 860 Ala Ala Asp Leu His Lys Ser Val Ser Gln Ile Pro Pro Thr His Ile 865 870 875 880 Gln Val Arg Pro Leu Asp Arg Pro Ile Leu Glu Tyr Tyr Gln Gln Ala 885 890 895 Glu Ala Trp Lys Thr Val Thr Glu Asp Asp Val Glu Lys Leu Gly Asp 900 905 910 His Ile Ala Ser Leu Pro Met Lys Thr Met Asp Glu Lys Glu Ser Ala 915 920 925 Lys Arg Phe Asp Leu Leu Ile Leu Gln Leu Gln Leu Gly Leu Leu Asn 930 935 940 Glu Asp Thr Ser Trp Ala Lys Asn Arg Gln Arg Val Glu Lys Ile Ala 945 950 955 960 Asp Glu Leu Leu Thr Val Ser Glu Asn Leu Pro Phe Val Ala Ala Ala 965 970 975 Ser Lys Thr Leu Glu Ala Leu Leu Asp Ser Glu Trp Trp Glu Gly Val 980 985 990 Thr Ile Pro Glu Leu Glu Lys Val Arg Arg Glu Ile Arg Asp Leu Val 995 1000 1005 Glu Phe Val Pro Arg His Lys Arg Gln Val Val Val Leu Asp Val 1010 1015 1020 Glu Asp Glu Phe Gly Asp Ile Ala Glu Val Asp Leu Pro Val Glu 1025 1030 1035 His Ala Ala Val Gly Val Asn Val Ser Arg Val Glu Glu Glu Leu 1040 1045 1050 Arg Ala Ser Leu Asp Asp His Arg Asp Ser Leu Ala Met Gln Lys 1055 1060 1065 Leu Arg Thr Ala Arg Pro Leu Thr Glu Ser Asp Val Glu Asp Leu 1070 1075 1080 Glu Thr Met Val Ala Asp Thr Gly Leu Glu Gly Val Asp Glu Val 1085 1090 1095 Arg Glu Ser Leu Gly Gly Asp Thr Ile Pro Ala Phe Val Arg Arg 1100 1105 1110 Leu Val Gly Leu Asp Glu Glu Thr Met Arg Ala Glu Phe Ala Asp 1115 1120 1125 Leu Leu Glu Gly Ser Thr Leu Thr Ala Asn Gln Ile Ser Phe Ile 1130 1135 1140 Arg His Val Ile Lys Val Leu Val Asn Asn Gly Gly Leu Thr Met 1145 1150 1155 Gln Glu Ala Phe Asp Glu Ser Phe Tyr Pro Tyr Gly Arg Val Ser 1160 1165 1170 Asp Leu Phe Gln Asp Asn Gln Ala Val Val Leu Asp Leu Lys Ser 1175 1180 1185 Arg Leu Asp Arg Ile Asn Ala Thr Ala Asp Val Ser 1190 1195 1200 7 1917 DNA Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 7 atgagagtat gcccaacgct acacataacg acttgtgggt ctggatcact cttgatcaag 60 gtggctgact ctgctcccaa cggcttgtcg atctatggcc aggagaatga caacgccacc 120 tgggcactat ctcggatgaa tatgatcctt cacggcaacg agacgcacga cattcgccag 180 ggagatacgc tctctgatcc gaagtttctc aagggcgagc agttgcagac ctttgactac 240 ttcgtggcca acccaccgtt ctccgtgaag acttggaaga acggcttcga caaggaatac 300 gaccggttcg agggtttcgc tgagccgccg gagaagaacg gcgactatgc cttcttactc 360 cacatggtga agtcgctcaa gtctgatggt cggggagcgg tgattcttcc ccacggagtg 420 ctcttccgtg gtaacactga agccgcgatc cgtgaagagc tgatccggcg cggcctgatc 480 aaggcgatca tcggactgcc ggccaacctc ttctacggta cgggaattcc ggcctgcatc 540 atcgtcatcg acaagaagga cgcggcaaac cggacgggca tcttcatgat cgatgcctcc 600 aaaggctttg agaaggacgg gccgaagaac cgtctgcgtc ctcgggatat gcgcaaggta 660 atcgacacct accttgctgg cgaggaaatt gagcgctacg cccgaatggt gccgctctct 720 gagatctctg atgcgaagaa caactacaac ctcaacatcc cgcgctacat cgacacctct 780 gaaccggaag acatccagga cctagaagcc catctcaagg gtggtatccc gaaccgagat 840 ctcgatgccc tgggtgaata ctgggatgct ttcccgaaac tgcgtagtga gctgttccgg 900 cctctgcggg agggatactc cgagctcacc gtagagcccg agcaggtagc caaggtgatt 960 gaggaatcgg aggacgtcaa agcttttacc tcgactgtct ccaaggctgt tgaagattgg 1020 tggagctctc accgaggcca gttggaggcg atcgactcgc agacaaggcc tcaggaattg 1080 atcgaggatc tcggtgacga cctgttggag aagtttcgcg gtcgtccgct gatcagcgag 1140 tacagcgtgt acgagcagct gctgaactac tggaacgaca ccatgcatga cgacgtcaca 1200 ctgatcgtcg ggtctggctg ggttgaagcc gcgcaacctc gtgaagcgcg gatcaccggc 1260 tacgacaaca agaagaaggc gaagtacgag agcgccgaca tggtcttcgg aacgggggtt 1320 aaggcacagc ggtgggtaac cgacctgatc ccgccggcgc tgattatcga ccggtacttc 1380 gtcgatgaga aggctgaact ggagcggctg accgccgagc aggatcgtgc cagccaggac 1440 gtaatcgagt acatcgagga gcatggagtc gaggagggtc tgctctggga agcagtcaac 1500 gatgacggta gcatcaaggt caaggatgct cgcgaccgac tgaaggctgc caagctagaa 1560 gctatcgaag ccgacgagat tgccgcgctg aacacggtga tcaagctgtt tacggcagag 1620 acggcagcaa agaaggcagt caaggacgga atgttgcagc tggatacgaa ggcgatcgcc 1680 acgtatgcca agctttccaa ggaagagatc caggagttgg tggtcggcga taagtggcag 1740 gctgtcgtcg caggtcggtt cgctagtgag gtcgcccacc taactcatga tttgacgagc 1800 cgtatccggg ttcttggcga acgctacggc gagactgttg gggctatcaa cgatgaattg 1860 gtcaaactag aaagacgggt atcaggacac ctttccgcca tgggggtgaa atcatga 1917 8 638 PRT Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 8 Met Arg Val Cys Pro Thr Leu His Ile Thr Thr Cys Gly Ser Gly Ser 1 5 10 15 Leu Leu Ile Lys Val Ala Asp Ser Ala Pro Asn Gly Leu Ser Ile Tyr 20 25 30 Gly Gln Glu Asn Asp Asn Ala Thr Trp Ala Leu Ser Arg Met Asn Met 35 40 45 Ile Leu His Gly Asn Glu Thr His Asp Ile Arg Gln Gly Asp Thr Leu 50 55 60 Ser Asp Pro Lys Phe Leu Lys Gly Glu Gln Leu Gln Thr Phe Asp Tyr 65 70 75 80 Phe Val Ala Asn Pro Pro Phe Ser Val Lys Thr Trp Lys Asn Gly Phe 85 90 95 Asp Lys Glu Tyr Asp Arg Phe Glu Gly Phe Ala Glu Pro Pro Glu Lys 100 105 110 Asn Gly Asp Tyr Ala Phe Leu Leu His Met Val Lys Ser Leu Lys Ser 115 120 125 Asp Gly Arg Gly Ala Val Ile Leu Pro His Gly Val Leu Phe Arg Gly 130 135 140 Asn Thr Glu Ala Ala Ile Arg Glu Glu Leu Ile Arg Arg Gly Leu Ile 145 150 155 160 Lys Ala Ile Ile Gly Leu Pro Ala Asn Leu Phe Tyr Gly Thr Gly Ile 165 170 175 Pro Ala Cys Ile Ile Val Ile Asp Lys Lys Asp Ala Ala Asn Arg Thr 180 185 190 Gly Ile Phe Met Ile Asp Ala Ser Lys Gly Phe Glu Lys Asp Gly Pro 195 200 205 Lys Asn Arg Leu Arg Pro Arg Asp Met Arg Lys Val Ile Asp Thr Tyr 210 215 220 Leu Ala Gly Glu Glu Ile Glu Arg Tyr Ala Arg Met Val Pro Leu Ser 225 230 235 240 Glu Ile Ser Asp Ala Lys Asn Asn Tyr Asn Leu Asn Ile Pro Arg Tyr 245 250 255 Ile Asp Thr Ser Glu Pro Glu Asp Ile Gln Asp Leu Glu Ala His Leu 260 265 270 Lys Gly Gly Ile Pro Asn Arg Asp Leu Asp Ala Leu Gly Glu Tyr Trp 275 280 285 Asp Ala Phe Pro Lys Leu Arg Ser Glu Leu Phe Arg Pro Leu Arg Glu 290 295 300 Gly Tyr Ser Glu Leu Thr Val Glu Pro Glu Gln Val Ala Lys Val Ile 305 310 315 320 Glu Glu Ser Glu Asp Val Lys Ala Phe Thr Ser Thr Val Ser Lys Ala 325 330 335 Val Glu Asp Trp Trp Ser Ser His Arg Gly Gln Leu Glu Ala Ile Asp 340 345 350 Ser Gln Thr Arg Pro Gln Glu Leu Ile Glu Asp Leu Gly Asp Asp Leu 355 360 365 Leu Glu Lys Phe Arg Gly Arg Pro Leu Ile Ser Glu Tyr Ser Val Tyr 370 375 380 Glu Gln Leu Leu Asn Tyr Trp Asn Asp Thr Met His Asp Asp Val Thr 385 390 395 400 Leu Ile Val Gly Ser Gly Trp Val Glu Ala Ala Gln Pro Arg Glu Ala 405 410 415 Arg Ile Thr Gly Tyr Asp Asn Lys Lys Lys Ala Lys Tyr Glu Ser Ala 420 425 430 Asp Met Val Phe Gly Thr Gly Val Lys Ala Gln Arg Trp Val Thr Asp 435 440 445 Leu Ile Pro Pro Ala Leu Ile Ile Asp Arg Tyr Phe Val Asp Glu Lys 450 455 460 Ala Glu Leu Glu Arg Leu Thr Ala Glu Gln Asp Arg Ala Ser Gln Asp 465 470 475 480 Val Ile Glu Tyr Ile Glu Glu His Gly Val Glu Glu Gly Leu Leu Trp 485 490 495 Glu Ala Val Asn Asp Asp Gly Ser Ile Lys Val Lys Asp Ala Arg Asp 500 505 510 Arg Leu Lys Ala Ala Lys Leu Glu Ala Ile Glu Ala Asp Glu Ile Ala 515 520 525 Ala Leu Asn Thr Val Ile Lys Leu Phe Thr Ala Glu Thr Ala Ala Lys 530 535 540 Lys Ala Val Lys Asp Gly Met Leu Gln Leu Asp Thr Lys Ala Ile Ala 545 550 555 560 Thr Tyr Ala Lys Leu Ser Lys Glu Glu Ile Gln Glu Leu Val Val Gly 565 570 575 Asp Lys Trp Gln Ala Val Val Ala Gly Arg Phe Ala Ser Glu Val Ala 580 585 590 His Leu Thr His Asp Leu Thr Ser Arg Ile Arg Val Leu Gly Glu Arg 595 600 605 Tyr Gly Glu Thr Val Gly Ala Ile Asn Asp Glu Leu Val Lys Leu Glu 610 615 620 Arg Arg Val Ser Gly His Leu Ser Ala Met Gly Val Lys Ser 625 630 635 9 1236 DNA Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 9 atgactgaat ggactcaacg aaaagtctcg gatctcatcg atgggttaag agctggagtc 60 agcgtcagat cttccccggg agttaacggt ggaccagcgg ttctaaaaac ttcggctatc 120 aaatcgggcc gatttgatcc cagcgaagtc aagacgattt tgaaagcgga cctacaaagg 180 gcaaagtgtc ctgtggcagc cgacagtttg atcatcagtc ggatgaatac acctgctctt 240 gttggggatg tcggttacgt cgatgaagac cgcgcagatc tctatcttcc agaccggctt 300 tggctagcgc agaaaaagcg caactcagat actgatatgc gatggctcac gtaccacttc 360 tcttctggga caggcgctcg tgcacttcga gacctggcta ctggcaccag cggaagcatg 420 aagaatatcc ccaaaaataa agtcttaaac ctggtgatcc tcacgccgag cgctctcgag 480 cagcaagcaa ttgctgatgc gattaccaat actgatgacc tcatcgaatc tctcgagcgc 540 ctcatctcca agaagcaggc aataaagcag ggcatgatgc aggagctgct taccggtcgc 600 actcgcctgc cagggtttac tgcagaatgg aaggaatcaa ggctaggtag tttcggcacg 660 ttccttaaag ggagagggat taaacgcgac gaaattcagt cacgtggtgt gccttgcatt 720 aggtacggag agctatatac cacgtttgaa aactatacag aaaaaacggc ttccttcgtc 780 tcggatgata ttgcagctac agcgcttccg attcgctatg gcgacattct ctttgcaggg 840 tcaggcgaga caaaagcgga aattggaaca aacgttgctt acctcggaaa agtgcaggca 900 gttgccgggg gtgacatcat cgtttttcgg ggaatttctc ataatccagt ttttctatcc 960 tctttgctca actctcccgc aatcgccgcc cagaaggcaa gggctggaca aggggatgcg 1020 attgttcata ttcattccag ctccctagcg gagatagtgg ttaatgttcc gccaatcgaa 1080 gagcaggaag ctattgcaca gatcctgcag gatgccgaca aggaaatcgc tgcgcttgat 1140 cgtcgtctcg aaaccgctcg caatatcaag accggcatga tgcaggagct ccttaccggt 1200 cgaacccgcc tgcccgtcga ggaggtctca tcatga 1236 10 411 PRT Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 10 Met Thr Glu Trp Thr Gln Arg Lys Val Ser Asp Leu Ile Asp Gly Leu 1 5 10 15 Arg Ala Gly Val Ser Val Arg Ser Ser Pro Gly Val Asn Gly Gly Pro 20 25 30 Ala Val Leu Lys Thr Ser Ala Ile Lys Ser Gly Arg Phe Asp Pro Ser 35 40 45 Glu Val Lys Thr Ile Leu Lys Ala Asp Leu Gln Arg Ala Lys Cys Pro 50 55 60 Val Ala Ala Asp Ser Leu Ile Ile Ser Arg Met Asn Thr Pro Ala Leu 65 70 75 80 Val Gly Asp Val Gly Tyr Val Asp Glu Asp Arg Ala Asp Leu Tyr Leu 85 90 95 Pro Asp Arg Leu Trp Leu Ala Gln Lys Lys Arg Asn Ser Asp Thr Asp 100 105 110 Met Arg Trp Leu Thr Tyr His Phe Ser Ser Gly Thr Gly Ala Arg Ala 115 120 125 Leu Arg Asp Leu Ala Thr Gly Thr Ser Gly Ser Met Lys Asn Ile Pro 130 135 140 Lys Asn Lys Val Leu Asn Leu Val Ile Leu Thr Pro Ser Ala Leu Glu 145 150 155 160 Gln Gln Ala Ile Ala Asp Ala Ile Thr Asn Thr Asp Asp Leu Ile Glu 165 170 175 Ser Leu Glu Arg Leu Ile Ser Lys Lys Gln Ala Ile Lys Gln Gly Met 180 185 190 Met Gln Glu Leu Leu Thr Gly Arg Thr Arg Leu Pro Gly Phe Thr Ala 195 200 205 Glu Trp Lys Glu Ser Arg Leu Gly Ser Phe Gly Thr Phe Leu Lys Gly 210 215 220 Arg Gly Ile Lys Arg Asp Glu Ile Gln Ser Arg Gly Val Pro Cys Ile 225 230 235 240 Arg Tyr Gly Glu Leu Tyr Thr Thr Phe Glu Asn Tyr Thr Glu Lys Thr 245 250 255 Ala Ser Phe Val Ser Asp Asp Ile Ala Ala Thr Ala Leu Pro Ile Arg 260 265 270 Tyr Gly Asp Ile Leu Phe Ala Gly Ser Gly Glu Thr Lys Ala Glu Ile 275 280 285 Gly Thr Asn Val Ala Tyr Leu Gly Lys Val Gln Ala Val Ala Gly Gly 290 295 300 Asp Ile Ile Val Phe Arg Gly Ile Ser His Asn Pro Val Phe Leu Ser 305 310 315 320 Ser Leu Leu Asn Ser Pro Ala Ile Ala Ala Gln Lys Ala Arg Ala Gly 325 330 335 Gln Gly Asp Ala Ile Val His Ile His Ser Ser Ser Leu Ala Glu Ile 340 345 350 Val Val Asn Val Pro Pro Ile Glu Glu Gln Glu Ala Ile Ala Gln Ile 355 360 365 Leu Gln Asp Ala Asp Lys Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Asp Arg Arg Leu Glu 370 375 380 Thr Ala Arg Asn Ile Lys Thr Gly Met Met Gln Glu Leu Leu Thr Gly 385 390 395 400 Arg Thr Arg Leu Pro Val Glu Glu Val Ser Ser 405 410 11 3087 DNA Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 11 atgagttcca ttggacagcg tgagcgtctc acgcaagatc gggtagtcgg catactctca 60 agccagctga actatgagta tgccggcgac tggaaagatc gcggcaattc caacgtcgag 120 gaggagctgc ttcgccagaa cctgcttgct cgtggataca gcgaggatct cgttcgtcgc 180 gctattcagc agtttgtcac cgccgcttct ctgccagcgg gtggatcact ttacgacgcg 240 aaccgcagag tgtatggcct gctccgctac ggcgtaaagg tcaagcgcag cgtttcggag 300 aacttcgaga cggtgtggct tatcgactgg aaggacccgg aggctaatca ctttgtggtg 360 gctgaagagg tctctatcaa gggtaagaac accaaacgtc ctgacgtcgt gctctacgtc 420 aatggcatcg ctctcggggt tatagagctc aagcgctcta aggtcagcgt tggtgatggt 480 atccgtcagc atctcggcaa ccagaaggcg gacttcgttc gtcctttctt caccaccgtc 540 cagctactgt tcgctggtaa tgacgtcgag gggcttcgct atggcgtgat cgagacgccg 600 gagaagtact ggctggagtg gacagagcca agcgaggttg agaaacccct tgaccgtggc 660 ctgcttcaga tggcgaacaa acaacgcttc ctcgaactca tccatgacta cattgtcttt 720 gattcgggcg tgaagaaaac cgcccgacac aaccagtact tcggcgtcaa ggccgcccag 780 gaacgcatcg ctcgtcgaga aggcgggatt atttggcaca cccaaggttc aggcaagagc 840 ttgacgatgg tatggctggc caaatggatt cgggaaaacc agcgcgaggc gcgcgtcctg 900 gtgatcactg accgcaccga acttgatgag cagatcgaga aggtctttgc cggcgtcgac 960 gagaccatcg atcgatcgac gtctggatcc ggcatgatcg gtatgctcaa ccggaaccaa 1020 ccatggttga tgtgctcact cgttcataag ttccgaggtg atgacgaaaa ggatcagggc 1080 gacacggaag acttcgtgcg tcagctcaag aagcccatgc ttgatggttt cagccctaag 1140 ggcaatctct tcgtcttcgt cgatgaggcc caccgcaccc agagcggcaa gctccacagc 1200 gcgatgaagg agctgctacc gaacgcgatg ttcatcggct ttaccggcac gcctcttctg 1260 aagaaagata aggcctctag tattgaggcc ttcggatcgt acattcacac ttacaagttt 1320 gatgaagcag ttaaagacaa ggtagtgctg gatctacgct acgaagcccg tgacatcgag 1380 caaaaactta tgagcccaga acgggttgat gagtggttca agatccacac taaaggcatg 1440 accgatctca gtaaacaccg gctcaagcag cgctgggcca cgatcaaggc agttgaatcg 1500 gcagagccac gggccaggca gatcgcagct gacatactaa tggatatggc acgaatgcct 1560 cgcctgatgg atggtcgagg caacgccatg ctggtctgct cgagtgttta ccaagcctgc 1620 aaattctacg agatcttcag tcgtagcgag cttgccggca agatagcgat aatcaccagt 1680 tatgagccga atgcgtcgca gatctccaag gaagattctg gggccggcaa gaatgaagag 1740 atcgtgaagt atgagacgta tcgtcgcatg ctggctgact acttccagac caacgccgat 1800 gatgcggcca agcggatcga ggagtttgag aagagcgtca aagaaacgtt catcaagcac 1860 ccgggccaga tgcgtcttct catcgtggtc gataagctgc tgaccggctt cgatgccccg 1920 agcgctacct atctctatat cgataagaac atgcaggatc atggtctgtt ccaggccatc 1980 tgccgtgtta accggcttga tggtgacgat aaggaatacg gttacatcgt ggattatcgt 2040 gatctgttca agtcgctcga gactgcagtg tctgactaca cctcagaagc cttcggtgac 2100 tacgaccaag acgatatcga cgggctactt aaagaccgta ttgaacagga gcgccaggat 2160 ctcgatgacg ctctcgagaa ggtacgcgcc ctatgcgagc cggtcgcccc acctaagggc 2220 acgttgcagt accagcacta tttctgtgcg attgaaagtg gtaacgctga gcagctcaaa 2280 gccaatgaac caaagcgcgt agatctctac aagggtgtgg cgagcttggt gagggcttac 2340 gccaacctag ccaatcgtat gagtgaggcc ggttactccg aaaccgatgc tgaattcatc 2400 aagcgccagg tcaagcactt cgtcgatgtc cgcgacgagg taaagcttgg tgctggcgag 2460 aatatggatc ttaaacagtt cgaggcgggc atgcgttccc tgctggatac ttatatccag 2520 gcagacgctt cccgaaacct cgcgaccttt gaccaggggc tcgtgcaact catcgtcgaa 2580 catggagttg gggctttgga gaaacttccg gagaacatcc gaaagacccc ggaggctgcg 2640 gctgaaacca tcgtcaataa cgtccgtaag acaatcgttg acgaacaggc catgaacccg 2700 aagtattacg agtctatgtc tactctgctc gatgctctga ttgagcagcg tcgtgaggct 2760 gtgatcgact acgaggagta tctgcttaag ctggttgagt tcacccagcg tctcgctaag 2820 ggcgaatctg ataggaagtt ccctgactgg gccaagacgc cagctcgccg ggctctgatc 2880 gacttcgcgt ggccccaggg cattgaggtt gatgtggaac gtgtatatag caccatccaa 2940 cgcaataaag aacatggctg gtctggagat aagaccaagc aaaagtctct gatgcgtact 3000 cttgcactca acttccctgg gctcctagat aaaacgcaga tggaaagtct gcttgatcaa 3060 ctgaaaaagc atgatgaatt ccgctag 3087 12 1028 PRT Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 12 Met Ser Ser Ile Gly Gln Arg Glu Arg Leu Thr Gln Asp Arg Val Val 1 5 10 15 Gly Ile Leu Ser Ser Gln Leu Asn Tyr Glu Tyr Ala Gly Asp Trp Lys 20 25 30 Asp Arg Gly Asn Ser Asn Val Glu Glu Glu Leu Leu Arg Gln Asn Leu 35 40 45 Leu Ala Arg Gly Tyr Ser Glu Asp Leu Val Arg Arg Ala Ile Gln Gln 50 55 60 Phe Val Thr Ala Ala Ser Leu Pro Ala Gly Gly Ser Leu Tyr Asp Ala 65 70 75 80 Asn Arg Arg Val Tyr Gly Leu Leu Arg Tyr Gly Val Lys Val Lys Arg 85 90 95 Ser Val Ser Glu Asn Phe Glu Thr Val Trp Leu Ile Asp Trp Lys Asp 100 105 110 Pro Glu Ala Asn His Phe Val Val Ala Glu Glu Val Ser Ile Lys Gly 115 120 125 Lys Asn Thr Lys Arg Pro Asp Val Val Leu Tyr Val Asn Gly Ile Ala 130 135 140 Leu Gly Val Ile Glu Leu Lys Arg Ser Lys Val Ser Val Gly Asp Gly 145 150 155 160 Ile Arg Gln His Leu Gly Asn Gln Lys Ala Asp Phe Val Arg Pro Phe 165 170 175 Phe Thr Thr Val Gln Leu Leu Phe Ala Gly Asn Asp Val Glu Gly Leu 180 185 190 Arg Tyr Gly Val Ile Glu Thr Pro Glu Lys Tyr Trp Leu Glu Trp Thr 195 200 205 Glu Pro Ser Glu Val Glu Lys Pro Leu Asp Arg Gly Leu Leu Gln Met 210 215 220 Ala Asn Lys Gln Arg Phe Leu Glu Leu Ile His Asp Tyr Ile Val Phe 225 230 235 240 Asp Ser Gly Val Lys Lys Thr Ala Arg His Asn Gln Tyr Phe Gly Val 245 250 255 Lys Ala Ala Gln Glu Arg Ile Ala Arg Arg Glu Gly Gly Ile Ile Trp 260 265 270 His Thr Gln Gly Ser Gly Lys Ser Leu Thr Met Val Trp Leu Ala Lys 275 280 285 Trp Ile Arg Glu Asn Gln Arg Glu Ala Arg Val Leu Val Ile Thr Asp 290 295 300 Arg Thr Glu Leu Asp Glu Gln Ile Glu Lys Val Phe Ala Gly Val Asp 305 310 315 320 Glu Thr Ile Asp Arg Ser Thr Ser Gly Ser Gly Met Ile Gly Met Leu 325 330 335 Asn Arg Asn Gln Pro Trp Leu Met Cys Ser Leu Val His Lys Phe Arg 340 345 350 Gly Asp Asp Glu Lys Asp Gln Gly Asp Thr Glu Asp Phe Val Arg Gln 355 360 365 Leu Lys Lys Pro Met Leu Asp Gly Phe Ser Pro Lys Gly Asn Leu Phe 370 375 380 Val Phe Val Asp Glu Ala His Arg Thr Gln Ser Gly Lys Leu His Ser 385 390 395 400 Ala Met Lys Glu Leu Leu Pro Asn Ala Met Phe Ile Gly Phe Thr Gly 405 410 415 Thr Pro Leu Leu Lys Lys Asp Lys Ala Ser Ser Ile Glu Ala Phe Gly 420 425 430 Ser Tyr Ile His Thr Tyr Lys Phe Asp Glu Ala Val Lys Asp Lys Val 435 440 445 Val Leu Asp Leu Arg Tyr Glu Ala Arg Asp Ile Glu Gln Lys Leu Met 450 455 460 Ser Pro Glu Arg Val Asp Glu Trp Phe Lys Ile His Thr Lys Gly Met 465 470 475 480 Thr Asp Leu Ser Lys His Arg Leu Lys Gln Arg Trp Ala Thr Ile Lys 485 490 495 Ala Val Glu Ser Ala Glu Pro Arg Ala Arg Gln Ile Ala Ala Asp Ile 500 505 510 Leu Met Asp Met Ala Arg Met Pro Arg Leu Met Asp Gly Arg Gly Asn 515 520 525 Ala Met Leu Val Cys Ser Ser Val Tyr Gln Ala Cys Lys Phe Tyr Glu 530 535 540 Ile Phe Ser Arg Ser Glu Leu Ala Gly Lys Ile Ala Ile Ile Thr Ser 545 550 555 560 Tyr Glu Pro Asn Ala Ser Gln Ile Ser Lys Glu Asp Ser Gly Ala Gly 565 570 575 Lys Asn Glu Glu Ile Val Lys Tyr Glu Thr Tyr Arg Arg Met Leu Ala 580 585 590 Asp Tyr Phe Gln Thr Asn Ala Asp Asp Ala Ala Lys Arg Ile Glu Glu 595 600 605 Phe Glu Lys Ser Val Lys Glu Thr Phe Ile Lys His Pro Gly Gln Met 610 615 620 Arg Leu Leu Ile Val Val Asp Lys Leu Leu Thr Gly Phe Asp Ala Pro 625 630 635 640 Ser Ala Thr Tyr Leu Tyr Ile Asp Lys Asn Met Gln Asp His Gly Leu 645 650 655 Phe Gln Ala Ile Cys Arg Val Asn Arg Leu Asp Gly Asp Asp Lys Glu 660 665 670 Tyr Gly Tyr Ile Val Asp Tyr Arg Asp Leu Phe Lys Ser Leu Glu Thr 675 680 685 Ala Val Ser Asp Tyr Thr Ser Glu Ala Phe Gly Asp Tyr Asp Gln Asp 690 695 700 Asp Ile Asp Gly Leu Leu Lys Asp Arg Ile Glu Gln Glu Arg Gln Asp 705 710 715 720 Leu Asp Asp Ala Leu Glu Lys Val Arg Ala Leu Cys Glu Pro Val Ala 725 730 735 Pro Pro Lys Gly Thr Leu Gln Tyr Gln His Tyr Phe Cys Ala Ile Glu 740 745 750 Ser Gly Asn Ala Glu Gln Leu Lys Ala Asn Glu Pro Lys Arg Val Asp 755 760 765 Leu Tyr Lys Gly Val Ala Ser Leu Val Arg Ala Tyr Ala Asn Leu Ala 770 775 780 Asn Arg Met Ser Glu Ala Gly Tyr Ser Glu Thr Asp Ala Glu Phe Ile 785 790 795 800 Lys Arg Gln Val Lys His Phe Val Asp Val Arg Asp Glu Val Lys Leu 805 810 815 Gly Ala Gly Glu Asn Met Asp Leu Lys Gln Phe Glu Ala Gly Met Arg 820 825 830 Ser Leu Leu Asp Thr Tyr Ile Gln Ala Asp Ala Ser Arg Asn Leu Ala 835 840 845 Thr Phe Asp Gln Gly Leu Val Gln Leu Ile Val Glu His Gly Val Gly 850 855 860 Ala Leu Glu Lys Leu Pro Glu Asn Ile Arg Lys Thr Pro Glu Ala Ala 865 870 875 880 Ala Glu Thr Ile Val Asn Asn Val Arg Lys Thr Ile Val Asp Glu Gln 885 890 895 Ala Met Asn Pro Lys Tyr Tyr Glu Ser Met Ser Thr Leu Leu Asp Ala 900 905 910 Leu Ile Glu Gln Arg Arg Glu Ala Val Ile Asp Tyr Glu Glu Tyr Leu 915 920 925 Leu Lys Leu Val Glu Phe Thr Gln Arg Leu Ala Lys Gly Glu Ser Asp 930 935 940 Arg Lys Phe Pro Asp Trp Ala Lys Thr Pro Ala Arg Arg Ala Leu Ile 945 950 955 960 Asp Phe Ala Trp Pro Gln Gly Ile Glu Val Asp Val Glu Arg Val Tyr 965 970 975 Ser Thr Ile Gln Arg Asn Lys Glu His Gly Trp Ser Gly Asp Lys Thr 980 985 990 Lys Gln Lys Ser Leu Met Arg Thr Leu Ala Leu Asn Phe Pro Gly Leu 995 1000 1005 Leu Asp Lys Thr Gln Met Glu Ser Leu Leu Asp Gln Leu Lys Lys 1010 1015 1020 His Asp Glu Phe Arg 1025 13 2034 DNA Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 13 atgaaattcc tcgtagatct ggaaaactta cttaaaaagg atgagcgttt catctcatca 60 gatggtcagc tgttaaagcc tcttatacgg gatgcggcag gacagctcga tccattgcta 120 atccgcgctt tgttggattc ctctgatctc tcagatcatt ttttcaaacg agtcgatgac 180 atcgtggttt tcgatcgtga gaagttcatg tgggttgtta attcaaagga atttttacct 240 gacagctaca ccaagtaccg aaatagaatc ggtctttcta cagatgatcg cagtcttttg 300 gcttcatcca gtgaaattac actcatctgg ccgtacaagg attgcgttct cgaaggtggt 360 caggagaaag aggacgagga acgcgatgaa attttttaca atgagactct tgccccagat 420 gaagtcggtc gtcttctagc tccgaaggct tttcgaaatg ctcggagata tgtgaatgga 480 gattctgaac cgatagacca gttctcccca gaggacaatc taattattcg gggcaataat 540 ctcctcgctt tgagttctct tttggaaaga tatgaggggc aggtcaaatg tatttatatc 600 gatccgccat ataatacggg ctccgatagc ttccgctata atgatcgatt taatcattct 660 agctggttaa ccttcatgaa aaataggctc gacctagcca agcggctcct gagccgagac 720 ggtttcatcc ttgtgcaatg cgatgataat gagcaggcat atttgaaagt cctgatggac 780 tcagttttcg gtgaacaaaa tttcattaac gttatatcgg tgcgtacgaa ggtcggagga 840 gtcactggct cttctgctgg aaaaagcttg aaagatgaac ttgagtacat caatctgttt 900 gccaaggatc gatcttctga gtctgcaaat ttgacaccga cctatgtaga tactgattta 960 gaagaataca ttcagtccta caaagactca ggaaagagtt ggaaatatac gtcggtccta 1020 acaaagttgg aaggtcgcgt tctgcttgaa gaggatgaag ttcgaggtga gcggctttac 1080 ggctattcac acgtagaatc aaaatctgtt aaagctttcg ctaagcaaga gggaataact 1140 gaaggtgaag tctacgccaa gtttgcagag cgaattttcc gaactacgaa tgctcagagt 1200 tcggtgcgag ctcgcgtgat gggtcaggct tctcaatacg attttgaaat gatcggcttg 1260 gaatatactc cttcgaaggg caagaacgct agtaagaaaa tagaggttct ttataagggc 1320 aagcagcaaa atatgatgat gttcttatcc gatgctgtga gcatgcgaga tgggaaatac 1380 gtttatcaag accgtgtagg aactctctgg tctgatatcc agtacaacaa cctggcaaaa 1440 gaaggtgaag tttccttcct gaacggcaag aaacccgaag ctttaattca acgtgttctg 1500 gatctaacaa ccgaacccgg cgatctcgtt cttgattttt tcttgggttc tggcagtaca 1560 gcggcggtag cccacaaaat ggggcggaga tacctgggag tcgagcagct ggattacatc 1620 acctcggtca cggttcctcg tttggaaaag gtacttgctg gggagcagtc aggcatctcc 1680 cgagcccaaa actggcaagg aggtggttct ttcgtgtatg tcgaacttgc tgaacaaggt 1740 gaaaagctca tggtagaact ccaagaggct gggagcgcta atgaagtcca gagagtatta 1800 cagaaagcaa ctgcccaagg cctgttgaga acttcagtgc ttccaagtga ccttaagtcg 1860 aatgagaatg aattcgatga actatctttg attgatcaaa aaaacgtggt tgcagagctt 1920 attgataaga accgcctcta tgtcaacgcc agtggtatag aagatgatga ccttgagctt 1980 gatcttgccg atattgcgtt tactaagagc ttctacgagg taggtaccaa gtga 2034 14 677 PRT Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 14 Met Lys Phe Leu Val Asp Leu Glu Asn Leu Leu Lys Lys Asp Glu Arg 1 5 10 15 Phe Ile Ser Ser Asp Gly Gln Leu Leu Lys Pro Leu Ile Arg Asp Ala 20 25 30 Ala Gly Gln Leu Asp Pro Leu Leu Ile Arg Ala Leu Leu Asp Ser Ser 35 40 45 Asp Leu Ser Asp His Phe Phe Lys Arg Val Asp Asp Ile Val Val Phe 50 55 60 Asp Arg Glu Lys Phe Met Trp Val Val Asn Ser Lys Glu Phe Leu Pro 65 70 75 80 Asp Ser Tyr Thr Lys Tyr Arg Asn Arg Ile Gly Leu Ser Thr Asp Asp 85 90 95 Arg Ser Leu Leu Ala Ser Ser Ser Glu Ile Thr Leu Ile Trp Pro Tyr 100 105 110 Lys Asp Cys Val Leu Glu Gly Gly Gln Glu Lys Glu Asp Glu Glu Arg 115 120 125 Asp Glu Ile Phe Tyr Asn Glu Thr Leu Ala Pro Asp Glu Val Gly Arg 130 135 140 Leu Leu Ala Pro Lys Ala Phe Arg Asn Ala Arg Arg Tyr Val Asn Gly 145 150 155 160 Asp Ser Glu Pro Ile Asp Gln Phe Ser Pro Glu Asp Asn Leu Ile Ile 165 170 175 Arg Gly Asn Asn Leu Leu Ala Leu Ser Ser Leu Leu Glu Arg Tyr Glu 180 185 190 Gly Gln Val Lys Cys Ile Tyr Ile Asp Pro Pro Tyr Asn Thr Gly Ser 195 200 205 Asp Ser Phe Arg Tyr Asn Asp Arg Phe Asn His Ser Ser Trp Leu Thr 210 215 220 Phe Met Lys Asn Arg Leu Asp Leu Ala Lys Arg Leu Leu Ser Arg Asp 225 230 235 240 Gly Phe Ile Leu Val Gln Cys Asp Asp Asn Glu Gln Ala Tyr Leu Lys 245 250 255 Val Leu Met Asp Ser Val Phe Gly Glu Gln Asn Phe Ile Asn Val Ile 260 265 270 Ser Val Arg Thr Lys Val Gly Gly Val Thr Gly Ser Ser Ala Gly Lys 275 280 285 Ser Leu Lys Asp Glu Leu Glu Tyr Ile Asn Leu Phe Ala Lys Asp Arg 290 295 300 Ser Ser Glu Ser Ala Asn Leu Thr Pro Thr Tyr Val Asp Thr Asp Leu 305 310 315 320 Glu Glu Tyr Ile Gln Ser Tyr Lys Asp Ser Gly Lys Ser Trp Lys Tyr 325 330 335 Thr Ser Val Leu Thr Lys Leu Glu Gly Arg Val Leu Leu Glu Glu Asp 340 345 350 Glu Val Arg Gly Glu Arg Leu Tyr Gly Tyr Ser His Val Glu Ser Lys 355 360 365 Ser Val Lys Ala Phe Ala Lys Gln Glu Gly Ile Thr Glu Gly Glu Val 370 375 380 Tyr Ala Lys Phe Ala Glu Arg Ile Phe Arg Thr Thr Asn Ala Gln Ser 385 390 395 400 Ser Val Arg Ala Arg Val Met Gly Gln Ala Ser Gln Tyr Asp Phe Glu 405 410 415 Met Ile Gly Leu Glu Tyr Thr Pro Ser Lys Gly Lys Asn Ala Ser Lys 420 425 430 Lys Ile Glu Val Leu Tyr Lys Gly Lys Gln Gln Asn Met Met Met Phe 435 440 445 Leu Ser Asp Ala Val Ser Met Arg Asp Gly Lys Tyr Val Tyr Gln Asp 450 455 460 Arg Val Gly Thr Leu Trp Ser Asp Ile Gln Tyr Asn Asn Leu Ala Lys 465 470 475 480 Glu Gly Glu Val Ser Phe Leu Asn Gly Lys Lys Pro Glu Ala Leu Ile 485 490 495 Gln Arg Val Leu Asp Leu Thr Thr Glu Pro Gly Asp Leu Val Leu Asp 500 505 510 Phe Phe Leu Gly Ser Gly Ser Thr Ala Ala Val Ala His Lys Met Gly 515 520 525 Arg Arg Tyr Leu Gly Val Glu Gln Leu Asp Tyr Ile Thr Ser Val Thr 530 535 540 Val Pro Arg Leu Glu Lys Val Leu Ala Gly Glu Gln Ser Gly Ile Ser 545 550 555 560 Arg Ala Gln Asn Trp Gln Gly Gly Gly Ser Phe Val Tyr Val Glu Leu 565 570 575 Ala Glu Gln Gly Glu Lys Leu Met Val Glu Leu Gln Glu Ala Gly Ser 580 585 590 Ala Asn Glu Val Gln Arg Val Leu Gln Lys Ala Thr Ala Gln Gly Leu 595 600 605 Leu Arg Thr Ser Val Leu Pro Ser Asp Leu Lys Ser Asn Glu Asn Glu 610 615 620 Phe Asp Glu Leu Ser Leu Ile Asp Gln Lys Asn Val Val Ala Glu Leu 625 630 635 640 Ile Asp Lys Asn Arg Leu Tyr Val Asn Ala Ser Gly Ile Glu Asp Asp 645 650 655 Asp Leu Glu Leu Asp Leu Ala Asp Ile Ala Phe Thr Lys Ser Phe Tyr 660 665 670 Glu Val Gly Thr Lys 675 15 2646 DNA Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 15 gtgagttcct cagcaacaga cctggatctt ttccttttcc aagagcttga cctatttcta 60 gatcgatttg gaaaacgcaa agaggtccct acacacataa gccgaaatct agctccgcaa 120 atatcattgc gcgagtacca gaaacatgct tttactaata ctctcgaata tttggaaaac 180 gaaagttttt caaagaaccg acagactcat ctgctttatc acatggcaac aggttctggt 240 aaaaccgtta tgatggcagg tctcatcctg cactatttct cgctgggtta ccgcaatttt 300 cttttctttg taaaccagac gaacatcatc gagaaaacta aatccaactt tctcaagccg 360 gactcgtcaa agtacctttt tgcagaccat attgagatca atggtgcccc tgtaagaatc 420 aatgaagtag aaaccttttc tgcttctgat ccgaatgccg taaacatctg ctttacgact 480 acgcataagc tgcacgggga tttcttcttt gctacagaga attctcttag tcaagatgac 540 tttgaagaag cgccggtagt gatgatttct gatgaatctc accatgtgaa tactcgtaca 600 aagaaagcta ctaaaagcga aaaagacgaa gatagttcgt gggaatatac ggtctcgagt 660 gcatttgcaa gcaatcgtga caacgttcta cttgagttta ctgcgacggt agatctgcgg 720 gatagaaata tcctcgctaa atataggaac aagattgtct ttgattaccc gttggctaaa 780 ttccgtgact cgggttttac aaaggacttt cagaactttc agtcatcgct tgacccgtgg 840 gggcgcacgc tgcaggcgtt gatcctatct gaatatcgtc gttcgctttt cgccgatggg 900 ggtgtctatg caaaaccggt cgttcttttg aagtcacaag caattaaaga atcaaatgag 960 ttttatacag agtttttcca acgcctgaga cagctttcag aggatagaat ccgcagtttc 1020 gcgacagagg aggtgatagg ccaggctgtt gaatactttg ccgctaaaga cccgacccta 1080 cgatcactcc gcattagcct tcaacagtct tttgctgagg agaacgcaat cattatgaat 1140 ggttctaccg acaacacggt agagaaacag cttgccgtca actctcttga ggaccattca 1200 aacccgtatc gaattatctt tactgtcgat atgctcaacg agggatggga tgttcttaac 1260 ctttatgaca ttgtgcgtct atacgaaacg aggcagggcg gaaaaggcgg aaagccaggt 1320 tcttacacga tccaggaagc acagttgatt gggcgaggag ctcgttactt cccctttatt 1380 ctcaacaaag aacttgacat tcgtgagccc gaagaggctc gagtgcgtaa gtatgacgct 1440 gacctcgaaa acccgcatcg cttactagaa acattgcttt accactcgaa gcaggactct 1500 aagtatattg ctgaactacg tcttgcactc agggaaactg gtcttttacc taatgatatt 1560 actgaagtta cctacgaggt gaagcctgat ttccgaaaat cggacttctt caagaacgcg 1620 gtcgtttttg caaactcacg tgtagaagtt tcgcgagacg aggtaactaa actggacaat 1680 cgattgaagg ccgatttcta ccaggtggac gtcagtcact cggcttctag gttgcttagt 1740 ctttttcagc cccacgaagc agaagacgat ataacagaaa agggggcagt ttatacaatt 1800 cggaaaaaaa ttaaagatat gcctctaaac gtagttcttg ggacaatcgc tcgttttgaa 1860 gagtttagat ttgatgtcct aaagcactac tttccccatc ttaagtccac ccgggacttc 1920 gccataaagg aagattatct tgggaatatt gaaataactt ttaagagtga ccatgagact 1980 ctgtctgctt ccgacctgat cacagggtta gataaggttc tgcaaatagt cgctgaccat 2040 atctctaaga ttaaggttac ttaccaaggc accaagcaat ttgacgcaaa acgactagca 2100 tccgttctga gagataagcg agtgcaaatt gcaactccag ttgaaggcgg aataggcacc 2160 agccaagcat tcgctagtga tcctaaaaga cgagtcaacc tggaagaagc agattggtac 2220 gtctacaatg ataactttgg aacaagcgaa gagaagtcct tcgttgagta cttctccact 2280 gttgtgaatg atctaaaaaa gaaattcgat gaagtatatc tcgtgagaaa cgagcggcta 2340 gcagagttag ctatatactc ctttgataca ggggaacgct tcgagccaga ttttttgctg 2400 tttttaggaa aaaaggatgt ttccgggtac gaacagcagc aaatctacgt ggagcccaag 2460 ggaaatcacc tgctcgcaac tgaccagtgg aaggaaaatt tcctcttgga catccagcag 2520 aacgcagttc cccataccgt gtacgttgat gacaatgact accgcatcat cgggctgccc 2580 ttctataatg aaaagcatca gttgatggaa tttcgtgaag cattttctag agcaacggat 2640 ttataa 2646 16 881 PRT Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 16 Val Ser Ser Ser Ala Thr Asp Leu Asp Leu Phe Leu Phe Gln Glu Leu 1 5 10 15 Asp Leu Phe Leu Asp Arg Phe Gly Lys Arg Lys Glu Val Pro Thr His 20 25 30 Ile Ser Arg Asn Leu Ala Pro Gln Ile Ser Leu Arg Glu Tyr Gln Lys 35 40 45 His Ala Phe Thr Asn Thr Leu Glu Tyr Leu Glu Asn Glu Ser Phe Ser 50 55 60 Lys Asn Arg Gln Thr His Leu Leu Tyr His Met Ala Thr Gly Ser Gly 65 70 75 80 Lys Thr Val Met Met Ala Gly Leu Ile Leu His Tyr Phe Ser Leu Gly 85 90 95 Tyr Arg Asn Phe Leu Phe Phe Val Asn Gln Thr Asn Ile Ile Glu Lys 100 105 110 Thr Lys Ser Asn Phe Leu Lys Pro Asp Ser Ser Lys Tyr Leu Phe Ala 115 120 125 Asp His Ile Glu Ile Asn Gly Ala Pro Val Arg Ile Asn Glu Val Glu 130 135 140 Thr Phe Ser Ala Ser Asp Pro Asn Ala Val Asn Ile Cys Phe Thr Thr 145 150 155 160 Thr His Lys Leu His Gly Asp Phe Phe Phe Ala Thr Glu Asn Ser Leu 165 170 175 Ser Gln Asp Asp Phe Glu Glu Ala Pro Val Val Met Ile Ser Asp Glu 180 185 190 Ser His His Val Asn Thr Arg Thr Lys Lys Ala Thr Lys Ser Glu Lys 195 200 205 Asp Glu Asp Ser Ser Trp Glu Tyr Thr Val Ser Ser Ala Phe Ala Ser 210 215 220 Asn Arg Asp Asn Val Leu Leu Glu Phe Thr Ala Thr Val Asp Leu Arg 225 230 235 240 Asp Arg Asn Ile Leu Ala Lys Tyr Arg Asn Lys Ile Val Phe Asp Tyr 245 250 255 Pro Leu Ala Lys Phe Arg Asp Ser Gly Phe Thr Lys Asp Phe Gln Asn 260 265 270 Phe Gln Ser Ser Leu Asp Pro Trp Gly Arg Thr Leu Gln Ala Leu Ile 275 280 285 Leu Ser Glu Tyr Arg Arg Ser Leu Phe Ala Asp Gly Gly Val Tyr Ala 290 295 300 Lys Pro Val Val Leu Leu Lys Ser Gln Ala Ile Lys Glu Ser Asn Glu 305 310 315 320 Phe Tyr Thr Glu Phe Phe Gln Arg Leu Arg Gln Leu Ser Glu Asp Arg 325 330 335 Ile Arg Ser Phe Ala Thr Glu Glu Val Ile Gly Gln Ala Val Glu Tyr 340 345 350 Phe Ala Ala Lys Asp Pro Thr Leu Arg Ser Leu Arg Ile Ser Leu Gln 355 360 365 Gln Ser Phe Ala Glu Glu Asn Ala Ile Ile Met Asn Gly Ser Thr Asp 370 375 380 Asn Thr Val Glu Lys Gln Leu Ala Val Asn Ser Leu Glu Asp His Ser 385 390 395 400 Asn Pro Tyr Arg Ile Ile Phe Thr Val Asp Met Leu Asn Glu Gly Trp 405 410 415 Asp Val Leu Asn Leu Tyr Asp Ile Val Arg Leu Tyr Glu Thr Arg Gln 420 425 430 Gly Gly Lys Gly Gly Lys Pro Gly Ser Tyr Thr Ile Gln Glu Ala Gln 435 440 445 Leu Ile Gly Arg Gly Ala Arg Tyr Phe Pro Phe Ile Leu Asn Lys Glu 450 455 460 Leu Asp Ile Arg Glu Pro Glu Glu Ala Arg Val Arg Lys Tyr Asp Ala 465 470 475 480 Asp Leu Glu Asn Pro His Arg Leu Leu Glu Thr Leu Leu Tyr His Ser 485 490 495 Lys Gln Asp Ser Lys Tyr Ile Ala Glu Leu Arg Leu Ala Leu Arg Glu 500 505 510 Thr Gly Leu Leu Pro Asn Asp Ile Thr Glu Val Thr Tyr Glu Val Lys 515 520 525 Pro Asp Phe Arg Lys Ser Asp Phe Phe Lys Asn Ala Val Val Phe Ala 530 535 540 Asn Ser Arg Val Glu Val Ser Arg Asp Glu Val Thr Lys Leu Asp Asn 545 550 555 560 Arg Leu Lys Ala Asp Phe Tyr Gln Val Asp Val Ser His Ser Ala Ser 565 570 575 Arg Leu Leu Ser Leu Phe Gln Pro His Glu Ala Glu Asp Asp Ile Thr 580 585 590 Glu Lys Gly Ala Val Tyr Thr Ile Arg Lys Lys Ile Lys Asp Met Pro 595 600 605 Leu Asn Val Val Leu Gly Thr Ile Ala Arg Phe Glu Glu Phe Arg Phe 610 615 620 Asp Val Leu Lys His Tyr Phe Pro His Leu Lys Ser Thr Arg Asp Phe 625 630 635 640 Ala Ile Lys Glu Asp Tyr Leu Gly Asn Ile Glu Ile Thr Phe Lys Ser 645 650 655 Asp His Glu Thr Leu Ser Ala Ser Asp Leu Ile Thr Gly Leu Asp Lys 660 665 670 Val Leu Gln Ile Val Ala Asp His Ile Ser Lys Ile Lys Val Thr Tyr 675 680 685 Gln Gly Thr Lys Gln Phe Asp Ala Lys Arg Leu Ala Ser Val Leu Arg 690 695 700 Asp Lys Arg Val Gln Ile Ala Thr Pro Val Glu Gly Gly Ile Gly Thr 705 710 715 720 Ser Gln Ala Phe Ala Ser Asp Pro Lys Arg Arg Val Asn Leu Glu Glu 725 730 735 Ala Asp Trp Tyr Val Tyr Asn Asp Asn Phe Gly Thr Ser Glu Glu Lys 740 745 750 Ser Phe Val Glu Tyr Phe Ser Thr Val Val Asn Asp Leu Lys Lys Lys 755 760 765 Phe Asp Glu Val Tyr Leu Val Arg Asn Glu Arg Leu Ala Glu Leu Ala 770 775 780 Ile Tyr Ser Phe Asp Thr Gly Glu Arg Phe Glu Pro Asp Phe Leu Leu 785 790 795 800 Phe Leu Gly Lys Lys Asp Val Ser Gly Tyr Glu Gln Gln Gln Ile Tyr 805 810 815 Val Glu Pro Lys Gly Asn His Leu Leu Ala Thr Asp Gln Trp Lys Glu 820 825 830 Asn Phe Leu Leu Asp Ile Gln Gln Asn Ala Val Pro His Thr Val Tyr 835 840 845 Val Asp Asp Asn Asp Tyr Arg Ile Ile Gly Leu Pro Phe Tyr Asn Glu 850 855 860 Lys His Gln Leu Met Glu Phe Arg Glu Ala Phe Ser Arg Ala Thr Asp 865 870 875 880 Leu 17 1608 DNA Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 17 atgagcaagg tattcggtat cgatctcggc accacctatt cagccatcgc acatatcacc 60 gattctgaca cggtcgaaat cattgacaat gctgacggtc agagcaccac tccgtccgtc 120 gtattttttg aagatgcaac aaacgtcgtg gtgggagcaa ctgctaagca gggtgcgaag 180 ttcaaccctg agcagaccgt gtctctgatc aaacgcgaaa tgggtcggaa gggtcccgag 240 gtggaacgcc agttcttcgg caacacatat accccggaat ccatctctgc gatcatcctg 300 cgtgagttga tcgaaaatgc aatggaggag gtggatacag actcgaaaaa ggcagtaatc 360 actgtcccgg cctacttcgg actgaatgaa aagaattcca ccaaactcgc gggtgagatt 420 gcgggtattg acgtgatcga tattgtttcc gaacctgtgg cagctgcgat tgctgaggga 480 tttgatttca cacgggaaga aactgtcctt gtctatgacc tgggtggtgg caccttcgac 540 tgcaccatca tgaccttcag ccctgatgag ggtatccagg tgaaggctgt tgatggtgac 600 agaacattgg gaggcgctga ttgggataag gcgctctatg atttcgtcct cgatcagttc 660 cgggaggcat gcgcctctca gttgggagat gagtaccccg aagatgatgt cgcctttgtt 720 caggaactcc agaacgccgc tgagaacgcc aagatcagcc tgaccaagaa gacgaaggtc 780 cgcgtcccct gtgcttatgc aggcgcctcc acgctcgtcg aggtcactca ggaggatttc 840 gagcgtgcga ctcgccatct tctcgaccga accctggagt gcgttgatcg cactcttggt 900 ctggggaaca agaatttccc tggcctcaag gtggataagt acctcctggt cggtggctct 960 tcccgcatgc ctcaggtggc tgacgcgctc accgagaaat acggttggac acttcaaaag 1020 acgcactttg accacgcggt tgccaaggga gcagccatga ttgggcaggg aatcgtggag 1080 gtacccgctg gagacaacgg cctgcccgat aagcaggagg ggcccaggga gctgctgctt 1140 cccggccatg gccaggctgg aaccatgacc attcagaatc tactgtccaa ggccgtgggc 1200 gttaagttca gtaacgagga tggctcccaa tacatcggac acctcatcga gcagaacacc 1260 ccactgcccg cagagggctc tgtgaaggcg tccaccctcg gcgatagtgt gcagagtctt 1320 cccgttcacc ttttcgaaca aaagggtgag gtccccagtg aagaactcgg cgcgaatgtg 1380 gagatcaccc cggaaagtgg cgccattttc actgaccttc ccaacctgcc caaggggtca 1440 cccatccaca tgaccatgaa agtcgacgct tcaggccttc ttcatttcga gggttatgaa 1500 ccgtcgaccg accagtacct gcgtttggag attgaggtgt ccaccatgca gcgggaagaa 1560 gtggagagag cgaaagaagt tgtctcgagc ctgacccgga atgagtag 1608 18 535 PRT Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 18 Met Ser Lys Val Phe Gly Ile Asp Leu Gly Thr Thr Tyr Ser Ala Ile 1 5 10 15 Ala His Ile Thr Asp Ser Asp Thr Val Glu Ile Ile Asp Asn Ala Asp 20 25 30 Gly Gln Ser Thr Thr Pro Ser Val Val Phe Phe Glu Asp Ala Thr Asn 35 40 45 Val Val Val Gly Ala Thr Ala Lys Gln Gly Ala Lys Phe Asn Pro Glu 50 55 60 Gln Thr Val Ser Leu Ile Lys Arg Glu Met Gly Arg Lys Gly Pro Glu 65 70 75 80 Val Glu Arg Gln Phe Phe Gly Asn Thr Tyr Thr Pro Glu Ser Ile Ser 85 90 95 Ala Ile Ile Leu Arg Glu Leu Ile Glu Asn Ala Met Glu Glu Val Asp 100 105 110 Thr Asp Ser Lys Lys Ala Val Ile Thr Val Pro Ala Tyr Phe Gly Leu 115 120 125 Asn Glu Lys Asn Ser Thr Lys Leu Ala Gly Glu Ile Ala Gly Ile Asp 130 135 140 Val Ile Asp Ile Val Ser Glu Pro Val Ala Ala Ala Ile Ala Glu Gly 145 150 155 160 Phe Asp Phe Thr Arg Glu Glu Thr Val Leu Val Tyr Asp Leu Gly Gly 165 170 175 Gly Thr Phe Asp Cys Thr Ile Met Thr Phe Ser Pro Asp Glu Gly Ile 180 185 190 Gln Val Lys Ala Val Asp Gly Asp Arg Thr Leu Gly Gly Ala Asp Trp 195 200 205 Asp Lys Ala Leu Tyr Asp Phe Val Leu Asp Gln Phe Arg Glu Ala Cys 210 215 220 Ala Ser Gln Leu Gly Asp Glu Tyr Pro Glu Asp Asp Val Ala Phe Val 225 230 235 240 Gln Glu Leu Gln Asn Ala Ala Glu Asn Ala Lys Ile Ser Leu Thr Lys 245 250 255 Lys Thr Lys Val Arg Val Pro Cys Ala Tyr Ala Gly Ala Ser Thr Leu 260 265 270 Val Glu Val Thr Gln Glu Asp Phe Glu Arg Ala Thr Arg His Leu Leu 275 280 285 Asp Arg Thr Leu Glu Cys Val Asp Arg Thr Leu Gly Leu Gly Asn Lys 290 295 300 Asn Phe Pro Gly Leu Lys Val Asp Lys Tyr Leu Leu Val Gly Gly Ser 305 310 315 320 Ser Arg Met Pro Gln Val Ala Asp Ala Leu Thr Glu Lys Tyr Gly Trp 325 330 335 Thr Leu Gln Lys Thr His Phe Asp His Ala Val Ala Lys Gly Ala Ala 340 345 350 Met Ile Gly Gln Gly Ile Val Glu Val Pro Ala Gly Asp Asn Gly Leu 355 360 365 Pro Asp Lys Gln Glu Gly Pro Arg Glu Leu Leu Leu Pro Gly His Gly 370 375 380 Gln Ala Gly Thr Met Thr Ile Gln Asn Leu Leu Ser Lys Ala Val Gly 385 390 395 400 Val Lys Phe Ser Asn Glu Asp Gly Ser Gln Tyr Ile Gly His Leu Ile 405 410 415 Glu Gln Asn Thr Pro Leu Pro Ala Glu Gly Ser Val Lys Ala Ser Thr 420 425 430 Leu Gly Asp Ser Val Gln Ser Leu Pro Val His Leu Phe Glu Gln Lys 435 440 445 Gly Glu Val Pro Ser Glu Glu Leu Gly Ala Asn Val Glu Ile Thr Pro 450 455 460 Glu Ser Gly Ala Ile Phe Thr Asp Leu Pro Asn Leu Pro Lys Gly Ser 465 470 475 480 Pro Ile His Met Thr Met Lys Val Asp Ala Ser Gly Leu Leu His Phe 485 490 495 Glu Gly Tyr Glu Pro Ser Thr Asp Gln Tyr Leu Arg Leu Glu Ile Glu 500 505 510 Val Ser Thr Met Gln Arg Glu Glu Val Glu Arg Ala Lys Glu Val Val 515 520 525 Ser Ser Leu Thr Arg Asn Glu 530 535 19 1125 DNA Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 19 atgttcgagc taatcgacga ctggggtccc gaaaagatcg tcatcgtcag cgatcaaaaa 60 accgggatgc gtggcgtact tgtcatcgac aacaccgccc gcggcatggg caagggcggc 120 acgcgcatgc agcccaccgt ttcagtcgca gaaatagcca ggttggctcg cgtcatgacc 180 tggaaatggg ctggtgtaga cctcttttat ggtggtgcaa aagccggaat ccaagcagac 240 cccacctccc cagataaaga agcaatcctt cggtcattcg tcagaaaact ctccaacgaa 300 gtacctaaag aatatgtctt cggcctggac atggggctga ctgaaaatga cgccgccatc 360 atcgtcgacg agctcggctg gggcaccagt atgggaacac cctacgagct cggtggagtg 420 ccctacgaca agcttggtat caccggcttt ggtgttgcag aagtggtgga tcaagtagca 480 caaatgcaaa aactcaaagg tgcatcggta gcagtccaag gcttcggtgc cgttggacat 540 gccacagctt cccgcctggc agaacttggc tatcctgttg tggctatctc cacagcaaag 600 ggagcaatcg cagaccccaa cgggctcaac atccccgagc tcatggaact acgcgatcag 660 gtgggtgact cacttgtgga ccactaccca gcacttcgca tcaacccagg tgacgaactt 720 ttcaccgaag ccgaaatcct cgtaccggca gcgctccagg acgtcatcga tgaagacgca 780 gccaatcgac tacaagcaca actcgtcgtc gaaggagcaa accttcccac taatgaagcc 840 gcacaaaaag tcctaagtaa ccgtggcatc actgtggttc cagactttgt cgccaacgcc 900 ggaggagtag tcgccgcagc attcgccatg gataaccgca tgtctgcatt ccgtgcagag 960 actgccaaca tcttcacgag cgtttccgac aaactccgat ccaatgccga aactgtcctg 1020 aatttcacct ctgaatctga cctgaccagc cacgaagcgg caaggcaact ttcacaggaa 1080 cgagttcttg cagctatgcg cgccagaggt atggttcgcc gataa 1125 20 374 PRT Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 20 Met Phe Glu Leu Ile Asp Asp Trp Gly Pro Glu Lys Ile Val Ile Val 1 5 10 15 Ser Asp Gln Lys Thr Gly Met Arg Gly Val Leu Val Ile Asp Asn Thr 20 25 30 Ala Arg Gly Met Gly Lys Gly Gly Thr Arg Met Gln Pro Thr Val Ser 35 40 45 Val Ala Glu Ile Ala Arg Leu Ala Arg Val Met Thr Trp Lys Trp Ala 50 55 60 Gly Val Asp Leu Phe Tyr Gly Gly Ala Lys Ala Gly Ile Gln Ala Asp 65 70 75 80 Pro Thr Ser Pro Asp Lys Glu Ala Ile Leu Arg Ser Phe Val Arg Lys 85 90 95 Leu Ser Asn Glu Val Pro Lys Glu Tyr Val Phe Gly Leu Asp Met Gly 100 105 110 Leu Thr Glu Asn Asp Ala Ala Ile Ile Val Asp Glu Leu Gly Trp Gly 115 120 125 Thr Ser Met Gly Thr Pro Tyr Glu Leu Gly Gly Val Pro Tyr Asp Lys 130 135 140 Leu Gly Ile Thr Gly Phe Gly Val Ala Glu Val Val Asp Gln Val Ala 145 150 155 160 Gln Met Gln Lys Leu Lys Gly Ala Ser Val Ala Val Gln Gly Phe Gly 165 170 175 Ala Val Gly His Ala Thr Ala Ser Arg Leu Ala Glu Leu Gly Tyr Pro 180 185 190 Val Val Ala Ile Ser Thr Ala Lys Gly Ala Ile Ala Asp Pro Asn Gly 195 200 205 Leu Asn Ile Pro Glu Leu Met Glu Leu Arg Asp Gln Val Gly Asp Ser 210 215 220 Leu Val Asp His Tyr Pro Ala Leu Arg Ile Asn Pro Gly Asp Glu Leu 225 230 235 240 Phe Thr Glu Ala Glu Ile Leu Val Pro Ala Ala Leu Gln Asp Val Ile 245 250 255 Asp Glu Asp Ala Ala Asn Arg Leu Gln Ala Gln Leu Val Val Glu Gly 260 265 270 Ala Asn Leu Pro Thr Asn Glu Ala Ala Gln Lys Val Leu Ser Asn Arg 275 280 285 Gly Ile Thr Val Val Pro Asp Phe Val Ala Asn Ala Gly Gly Val Val 290 295 300 Ala Ala Ala Phe Ala Met Asp Asn Arg Met Ser Ala Phe Arg Ala Glu 305 310 315 320 Thr Ala Asn Ile Phe Thr Ser Val Ser Asp Lys Leu Arg Ser Asn Ala 325 330 335 Glu Thr Val Leu Asn Phe Thr Ser Glu Ser Asp Leu Thr Ser His Glu 340 345 350 Ala Ala Arg Gln Leu Ser Gln Glu Arg Val Leu Ala Ala Met Arg Ala 355 360 365 Arg Gly Met Val Arg Arg 370 21 1314 DNA Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 21 atgtctgttc aaaacccggc aatagtaagt gccacgccag acaccacaat tagcaacaca 60 atcagcacct ctgaaatcag caaaaaagac cttaagaatg cagtacgtgc aagcttcatt 120 ggaacttttg ttgaatggtt cgactacgcc gcatatatgt acatggcatc catcatcgcg 180 ggagttttct tcccggagct caccggacgt gcagcacttg ttaacacttt cgccctattt 240 gcactctcat tcctcattcg tcctatcggc gcagttgcct ggggacacat cggagaccgc 300 cttggccgca ccaagagcct ttccgcgtca atcctcttta tgagccttgc cactttctgt 360 attgcattac ttcccgggta caactccatc ggtattgtcg caccaatctt gcttttggta 420 ctacgcctta tccagggatt tagtgcttcc ggcgaatatg ccgcagcagc tacctatatc 480 tcagaatctg ccccacagaa ccgtcgtgga cttttcgcct cagtagttcc cgcagcgacc 540 gcttgtggac tcctccttgg ttctctcttc gccgctcttc tcacttccct ccttgacgat 600 gcttccctcg cttcctgggg ttggcgccta ccattccttt tggcagcacc tctaggaatt 660 gttggcctca tcatccgccg catggccccc gaaactcacg tagcagacga agactccgct 720 aaaaagcttc caatcctcga ggttttcaaa tacccacgtg cacttcttgt agctttctcc 780 ggcgccatcc tcaatgccat cggtttctac atagttctgg cctacctacc tacttatctt 840 tccgaagaac tcggcatgag ctctagcagt gcttttatcg ctaccaccat ctcctccgca 900 gtttatgcag tcctcgtcgt cgcaaccggc gcactctctg accacctagg ccgccgcacc 960 acaatgctta tggccgcagc actttttgca gtattttcaa ttcctgcttt cctcgcgcta 1020 gacagcgcaa gcttcgccgg aatcattttg atccaggtcg gaatgggtgc cttccttgcg 1080 cttaacgacg gagtgctccc gtccttcatc tccgaacaat tcccacctga tgttcgactc 1140 accggctttg cccttacttt caactgcgcg aatgccttct ttggcggcac cgcagcgatg 1200 atcgcaacct ggatgatcgg tgccagtggc aacgtaattg caccggccta ctacatggtc 1260 gcagctgcaa tcattaccgc aattggtgtc acattcgccg caaagtccaa atag 1314 22 437 PRT Corynebacterium glutamicum ssp. Lactofermentum 22 Met Ser Val Gln Asn Pro Ala Ile Val Ser Ala Thr Pro Asp Thr Thr 1 5 10 15 Ile Ser Asn Thr Ile Ser Thr Ser Glu Ile Ser Lys Lys Asp Leu Lys 20 25 30 Asn Ala Val Arg Ala Ser Phe Ile Gly Thr Phe Val Glu Trp Phe Asp 35 40 45 Tyr Ala Ala Tyr Met Tyr Met Ala Ser Ile Ile Ala Gly Val Phe Phe 50 55 60 Pro Glu Leu Thr Gly Arg Ala Ala Leu Val Asn Thr Phe Ala Leu Phe 65 70 75 80 Ala Leu Ser Phe Leu Ile Arg Pro Ile Gly Ala Val Ala Trp Gly His 85 90 95 Ile Gly Asp Arg Leu Gly Arg Thr Lys Ser Leu Ser Ala Ser Ile Leu 100 105 110 Phe Met Ser Leu Ala Thr Phe Cys Ile Ala Leu Leu Pro Gly Tyr Asn 115 120 125 Ser Ile Gly Ile Val Ala Pro Ile Leu Leu Leu Val Leu Arg Leu Ile 130 135 140 Gln Gly Phe Ser Ala Ser Gly Glu Tyr Ala Ala Ala Ala Thr Tyr Ile 145 150 155 160 Ser Glu Ser Ala Pro Gln Asn Arg Arg Gly Leu Phe Ala Ser Val Val 165 170 175 Pro Ala Ala Thr Ala Cys Gly Leu Leu Leu Gly Ser Leu Phe Ala Ala 180 185 190 Leu Leu Thr Ser Leu Leu Asp Asp Ala Ser Leu Ala Ser Trp Gly Trp 195 200 205 Arg Leu Pro Phe Leu Leu Ala Ala Pro Leu Gly Ile Val Gly Leu Ile 210 215 220 Ile Arg Arg Met Ala Pro Glu Thr His Val Ala Asp Glu Asp Ser Ala 225 230 235 240 Lys Lys Leu Pro Ile Leu Glu Val Phe Lys Tyr Pro Arg Ala Leu Leu 245 250 255 Val Ala Phe Ser Gly Ala Ile Leu Asn Ala Ile Gly Phe Tyr Ile Val 260 265 270 Leu Ala Tyr Leu Pro Thr Tyr Leu Ser Glu Glu Leu Gly Met Ser Ser 275 280 285 Ser Ser Ala Phe Ile Ala Thr Thr Ile Ser Ser Ala Val Tyr Ala Val 290 295 300 Leu Val Val Ala Thr Gly Ala Leu Ser Asp His Leu Gly Arg Arg Thr 305 310 315 320 Thr Met Leu Met Ala Ala Ala Leu Phe Ala Val Phe Ser Ile Pro Ala 325 330 335 Phe Leu Ala Leu Asp Ser Ala Ser Phe Ala Gly Ile Ile Leu Ile Gln 340 345 350 Val Gly Met Gly Ala Phe Leu Ala Leu Asn Asp Gly Val Leu Pro Ser 355 360 365 Phe Ile Ser Glu Gln Phe Pro Pro Asp Val Arg Leu Thr Gly Phe Ala 370 375 380 Leu Thr Phe Asn Cys Ala Asn Ala Phe Phe Gly Gly Thr Ala Ala Met 385 390 395 400 Ile Ala Thr Trp Met Ile Gly Ala Ser Gly Asn Val Ile Ala Pro Ala 405 410 415 Tyr Tyr Met Val Ala Ala Ala Ile Ile Thr Ala Ile Gly Val Thr Phe 420 425 430 Ala Ala Lys Ser Lys 435 

What is claimed is:
 1. An isolated polynucleotide, which encodes a protein comprising the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:20, and SEQ ID NO:22.
 2. A vector comprising at least one isolated polynucleotide of claim
 1. 3. A host cell comprising the at least one isolated polynucleotide of claim
 1. 4. The host cell of claim 3, which is a Corynebacterium bacterium.
 5. A method for detecting a polynucleotide with at least 70% homology to the polynucleotide of claim 1, comprising contacting a nucleic acid sample with a probe or primer comprising at least 15 consecutive nucleotides of the nucleotide sequence of claim 1, or at least 15 consecutive nucleotides of the complement thereof.
 6. A method for producing a polynucleotide with at least 70% homology to the polynucleotide of claim 1, comprising contacting a nucleic acid sample with a primer comprising at least 15 consecutive nucleotides of the nucleotide sequence of claim 1, or at least 15 consecutive nucleotides of the complement thereof.
 7. A method of making a protein comprising: culturing the host cell of claim 3 for a time and under conditions suitable for expression of said protein; and collecting said protein.
 8. A method of producing at least one substances comprising culturing the host cell of claim 3 for a time and under conditions suitable for producing the substance; and collecting the substance produced.
 9. The method of claim 8, wherein said at least one substance is an L-amino acid.
 10. The method of claim 8, wherein said at least one substance is a protein or a peptide.
 11. The method of claim 8, wherein said host cell is a Corynebacterium bacterium.
 12. An isolated polynucleotide, which comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:19, and SEQ ID NO:21.
 13. A vector comprising at least one isolated polynucleotide of claim
 12. 14. A host cell comprising the at least one isolated polynucleotide of claim
 12. 15. The host cell of claim 14, which is a Corynebacterium bacterium.
 16. A method for detecting a polynucleotide with at least 70% homology to the polynucleotide of claim 12, comprising contacting a nucleic acid sample with a probe or primer comprising at least 15 consecutive nucleotides of the nucleotide sequence of claim 12, or at least 15 consecutive nucleotides of the complement thereof.
 17. A method for producing a polynucleotide with at least 70% homology to the polynucleotide of claim 12, comprising contacting a nucleic acid sample with a primer comprising at least 15 consecutive nucleotides of the nucleotide sequence of claim 12, or at least 15 consecutive nucleotides of the complement thereof.
 18. A method of making a protein comprising: culturing the host cell of claim 14 for a time and under conditions suitable for the expression of the polynucleotide to produce a protein; and collecting said protein.
 19. A method of producing at least one substance comprising culturing the host cell of claim 14 for a time and under conditions suitable for producing the substance; and collecting the substance produced.
 20. The method of claim 19, wherein said at least one substance is an L-amino acid.
 21. The method of claim 19, wherein said at least one substance is a protein or a peptide.
 22. The method of claim 19, wherein said host cell is a Corynebacterium bacterium.
 23. An isolated polynucleotide, which hybridizes under stringent conditions to at least one of the isolated polynucleotides of claim
 12. 24. A vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim
 23. 25. A host cell comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim
 23. 26. A method of making a protein comprising: culturing the host cell of claim 25 for a time and under conditions suitable for the expression of the polynucleotide to produce a protein; and collecting said protein.
 27. A method of producing at least one substance comprising culturing the host cell of claim 25 for a time and under conditions suitable for producing the substance; and collecting the amino acid produced.
 28. The method of claim 27, wherein said at least one substance is an L-amino acid.
 29. The method of claim 27, wherein said at least one substance is a protein or a peptide.
 30. The method of claim 27, wherein said host cell is a Corynebacterium bacterium.
 31. An isolated polynucleotide, which is at least 95% identical to the polynucleotide of claim
 12. 32. A vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim
 31. 33. A host cell comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim
 31. 34. A method of making a protein comprising: culturing the host cell of claim 33 for a time and under conditions suitable for the expression of the polynucleotide to produce a protein; and collecting said protein.
 35. A method of producing at least one substance comprising culturing the host cell of claim 33 for a time and under conditions suitable for producing the substance; and collecting the substance produced.
 36. The method of claim 35, wherein said at least one substance is an L-amino acid.
 37. The method of claim 35, wherein said at least one substance is a protein or a peptide.
 38. The method of claim 35, wherein said host cell is a Colynebacterium bacterium.
 39. An isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:20, and SEQ ID NO:22.
 40. An isolated polypeptide, which is at least 95% identical to the polypeptide of claim
 39. 